Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fa17ac22105a2c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 12:29:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 6f3707b210b79270c2c829470693cc17 SHA-1: 91c637ed24bddd5b37e19f3896ae8fb2c7d1a1ad SHA-256: 2fa17ac22105a2c8516c2d92d313d8ad7edfbf54b2fb00e334da5706fd1ff86e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and ML classification strongly suggests malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the URLs and the ClamAV detection indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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 http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/21342314631.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpqi3av337apet5ud89b6funf2/winisoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ad6c5c139---32929922297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb0cd2505c0---21003013693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fa4c7eab5---92475594170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/nakejukozov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modnyi-buket.ru/uploads/files/pusifivedod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ef1098ecf---sejumetemobujopuzusexusel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.northeastmarquees.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71128c0dcb2f2e8f24847a15e22cdc0f/90735672619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609081f40cee5---78968510643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c600a0243cc1773057fb90e1a5cadd0/14056819918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/32385901101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9mdff7fvnhhmj18si61d5tlf0t/lijulufujologem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d30794c23861511347bae4baebd2168/86231495108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-baby-clothes.com/d/files/37693256826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/69096930956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unioncentralreunion.com/clients/3/3a/3acd25563584ef55397927d4124196c4/File/namezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc0d97565a---kajagibum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3537fab0fb400df1562c1e1722395f81/xorowefafitipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/silunifepazakujot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.passion-rnd.com/upfile/files/2021/06/25/48975193676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/61036841058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad68b51ed3d105a032265ae264a0bf2f/majituridaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae1a153042ab0833fd0dc54d79efb8ed/jijutedanalagobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hml88cfr9ghrppskjof0732sn1/60993730405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masterorganicchemistry.comIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=organic+chemistry+reagent+guide+pdfPDF 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_off0000c878.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC878 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e08f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE08F 11140 bytes
SHA-256: 0cef7c9c9f20853b95180aff433738917e3285e768f0a14e0672d2a60e5bdfef
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA4F 17264 bytes
SHA-256: a15e740d3a1468aadae81e406cfa9ad82905cc0880364b83ff428e5433e139c0