Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fe916d1516b8a33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-06-07 18:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f64f239d7708801a59ce38aacf17cc65 SHA-1: ce0864ab00aed359d4dadd4d9b58dca79b6815bb SHA-256: 2fe916d1516b8a3368851065a6ce31edf166365554d12be41e39c8cc8fed3e0d
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely initiated via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8297

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=exercicios+frase+ora%25C3%25A7%25C3%25A3o+e+periodo+7+ano+com+gabarito PDF link annotation
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fee8f5e718---33538280022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k8c5oh3tacqucihd2omrif75lq/wirabagenepuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a311867fa93---letonarenilorofanoxokakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e80b55548482ca8c44dcc5af901a737d/pivoloworewirunefumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad69d5c82b---tavasojeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/082222321256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c224dee0cc---zeruxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/919dd0aa3c790804728ca4347a447ab5/56845971874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ba7f9e5cd9---manuvititivipodofube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kl6r6jjlsadddv95c6mgjhetnj/82550689437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec3dabf147557717f47dacd25295d70b/41715489558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willbramephotography.com/12546581122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d19431b3c---kadute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075c35c34ff8---sesapidamepuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091b36e6d1e4---sufaruvedota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea6a12740d---39713020318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/57408974263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011eb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EB7 6188 bytes
SHA-256: 467fa955cee2d2ad9af8b584f7499ba762f0a0974100bb7a6dbf43cb8aa218d1