Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f1dff20144ae2b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-07-10 06:22:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 9a3303a475cdadeda4aa6699a058ddc8 SHA-1: 0fb497847126ad47532b138ccf34feae6ca2bfe8 SHA-256: 2f1dff20144ae2b3f410a7566a83b0b8f3586296951045891340d49a2a0276d0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, embedding numerous URLs that point to potentially compromised websites or phishing lures. The presence of external URIs and link farms suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=scout+guide+to+the+zombie+apocalypse+online PDF link annotation
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/46371522594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087530bebf18---1172506146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec61aa3c3a---buzat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ccc537fc0---zarikikirutobavetoduro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roomart.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zamaputiwibojinoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moyekolodin.com/files/javesemefinudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af30c17cf4---balimozonaninifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa78f3b93f---3578693829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbf7174e46---mexevawinubexagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28953588541cdf697b11e28afeb0600c/benotubusewuzajexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/2306778568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/829dec171ae269a8f1740a6127f9fae7/65320788766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6bueet6v4g8umdhm99iuruo2bs/duragusuwikan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781d1aae4ff---dupesejutiruvifetageda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dromi5r085rhn62hkoqrr93iob/95897199410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609894a1a7262---kixozugow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenaadoracao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a51ecc5e681---laniwapenatowuvapawomoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjxfjc.com/uploadfiles/files/37641164636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9253c715fb80bac1d5498caf9684b1c7/sokukobenugugomunovim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomeng.com/uploads/vagidetadelajowolusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unserbiokorb.ch/userfiles/file/47876426457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flardochform.se/userfiles/file/526085187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gudidubunekegoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80affcyoc0ac1f6a.xn--p1ai/admin/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sokukevevawefisok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/banolorifukozajimapawabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d0b1563bdf---wejajidapokupalojud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000be1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBE1D 11348 bytes
SHA-256: 769d2f48ecd6933e5b84f341f721558fc818e87d1a8d8af50b5d95e07e095c40
font_01_sfnt_off0000d849.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD849 16612 bytes
SHA-256: 731cc452cae94fe395350403dc9bf83087ab684e38a94cf771ebb1c801de27d1
font_02_sfnt_off000103d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1