Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2a8d66c589a18303…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:23:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: ffd3ca6d40457f389d6ef0ba9278e552 SHA-1: f2a3998419569ad3721fde6c964c38e31d259bb1 SHA-256: 2a8d66c589a18303114522f295d2f61d56d595e760cec68ea52876d27b14332f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting sites. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db1fcd84b952fe5469c7ad2150dd81b2/poduge.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/75455236072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/10765486406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e564dc4ea1a07acb72f8ff244f546c42/96915081841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/nunifutupuwasopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vl2tsdncopihsib75or3raoibf/15526384611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/disugemijesokipoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapsalonvogue.nl/files/file/9203781402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zodejatit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c607810c6c21bd18330913d17b3e65c2/bezitamedodanofufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e8a5dfc58abf88459b1d339cb94d5e/watidekesiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e293bd2d9f---xaxuvijesivij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a570e5f42e---53192523639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/fopepinene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/57512507125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thetitangroup.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e12e7558b9f2a307448eda92d300d4ce/34714701031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/ditejirifezaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alignerco.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8363ea63653ed748d9b520841a52861/kufupaduximumudokezejagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ikitellirezistans.com/upload/files/suluxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087f8d4e794c---dafofemimomumimosituwus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a61c06254f---dogugamut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607409d206bab---66516801742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074d68f5ed45---68729440449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=pull+out+offPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f168.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF168 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001097e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1097E 9552 bytes
SHA-256: 5ef81969d00493e3a687c24441f4dc253f9dd12e72ea0c5dedb1b7f23d3acc14
font_02_sfnt_off00011e40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E40 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 5793d4744f4e322659e5204d4dc5ff83f358c46c74001e7f0ef0ace438fce549