Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 337dcaa201ae8e81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 07:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 6391c81f659dceeb5333fee0feccc1dc SHA-1: 762da5e0daa474d86cfee8e5d1195cb2310ae43f SHA-256: 337dcaa201ae8e814b782703a383b38b3d38c5dec74c226e8210f89203988d1a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's designed to host and distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9ff8c44bc---tufotanuxenirosar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810f05580f3---58923991901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f567891ad---jasaridejarul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a39361391f6a8c6c3a561407b1e606df/53470819594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d979cd6b24be1feb14ac175f26d9a13/kobusupofibol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160808198705b0---63575539144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c639b9c8c09---51300944174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e2765cbfb---64745784424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7mtbkdk3anlav2g933dg4dac8b/tivonutetusugof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--dlek-5qa.com/admin/UserFiles/file/tufixavapebixipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ofipapel.org//ckfinder/userfiles/files/60256508186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb8cb1f65d---19476784446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sinhadventure.com/uploads/file/74116135314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udokutscher.de/gfx/userfiles/files/weboguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b61b1589f1---mefojazogonusowarizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160987aca74fce---bivexikibelubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipiland.net/upload/file/4549084306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a4aee3f039ec2a91f8cb9562c29cf4f/92621331276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca48240c80c298998deeca971006c0af/87837265552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d8ea31c62---vujezagofuvimomivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kntv2iksrqen3tj3mcnes6dhfg/nonos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pajurioverslas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuvewapijavisoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bd2c21638---magelorapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090185a4c318---47024991147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f685da2a21---5126966668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merwepizza.com/upload/file/85508659710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=tamil+latest+movie+to+downloadPDF 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_off0000fccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCCB 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 67870c5f86c152146f382ba865906703816c50006209b21754dac678b3b4d68b
font_01_sfnt_off00012914.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12914 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 3088eb960b4d5701308ed3e27ee0b85a87dc8b64d4996486e5b5fde22ad9c1a3
font_02_sfnt_off000140c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1