Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fffc38954f6db36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

111.7 KB Created: 2021-06-29 22:30:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 2810067105d64cd1cebbb7fcd69f5301 SHA-1: 2446bb1b750881a7d07172c7df5603cef9b38001 SHA-256: 1fffc38954f6db36aa34a34b39b7ceaedaf090032cbf35a7db8aab76646d99b5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware distribution sites. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for distributing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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://cargotavio.ru/files/file/fexidovazuxanuzirima.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609848584a288---15745820781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/11364265141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0407a58cb4---juzewudololalakafifafumud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqq1469klv5mvljf3eds1dv833/pixujemumexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f17bda46fe---21040685433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/49586560870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf83a398646---64470465180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fd31ce4d8---71334454751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608548aae0cd4---89583755783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/paxogufezigururejim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-yoga.org/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210605082026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01c7e4fc08---97950949420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/fuzaxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f15afa012e30cbb9b55094f972e2ce9/tufodapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myupfield.link/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeqa9hg0u9ab5c6lhmoqhj7r5p/gimokitaris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personnelcle.com/userfiles/file/xaruxupivibobikebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kisikana.hr/userfiles/file/voruwojeribadigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d5c2535905d7a6243aac30c3aec5efd/14838971233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumusjitu.com/contents//files/zewizazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a70437a8492---36373697630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e32c41a44---12306116571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=adam+driver+in+star+wars+the+force+awakensPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001330e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1330E 21756 bytes
SHA-256: 7b37c2ec6b50ec399563a4d272e8fb7a399d604c5a5cb7840ab8ce2853d89522
font_01_sfnt_off00016854.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16854 10920 bytes
SHA-256: d5ff4053ed9b6c542f26add71cabb5a080f55eb2ee73cefb0e1ea1248604ab3e
font_02_sfnt_off0001817e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1817E 16140 bytes
SHA-256: 00b1f632e8afe72716c8bcdb76b7901b56c060d1dc0f96f3f5c1b8373b85735b
font_03_sfnt_off000196fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x196FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1