Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19d43895bf1f0bef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-06-21 06:11:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 3e80c8400aa198d0c4455279aa46ad1e SHA-1: cf7b3877dca2238af9561ba500ad7c4e09586469 SHA-256: 19d43895bf1f0befe0f3648c0f658b1d552a94bcaf307894375fef645e03452e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and UTM parameters further supports this as a coordinated effort to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160827d6aa1d3d---75529828282.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d3cb175dc---28952141218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovfab-menuiserie.com/userfiles/file/83083750364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad4af3722f---kivudon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e029ffaoetjtskocq834kjc42/80015662040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b42c2d6b42c59c6185109b2999a38cc2/temati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c993eafdd---64981862415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/11592307620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/53140478030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/pesizel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ca2eea8e3---44184089299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.autodepotperformancegroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0hg4n6s3dkam1rnjbchejqv8ta/bebilukorokovudusiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092530db1a8f---nimitizobovorulokoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gtlmarinefuel.com/userfiles/file/7246809036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724ccb01c58---wagenopul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a751775fa63---pujomenomajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=blockman+go+blocky+modPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B3 3016 bytes
SHA-256: 437f5c574089599331cadcb6662fc3e289bc3130a96750da26d08c17d15e30df
font_01_sfnt_off0000f05c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF05C 5340 bytes
SHA-256: 260bedba513869ed22530917c53bff55234be1de377eaea012c62c07c910f886