Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33b228e8a72cc067…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:32:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: eec0a7c7cfd32ffc9f7e1b32d75d1fb4 SHA-1: b801ee58353038240a726fc1b3ba03fd1f749d52 SHA-256: 33b228e8a72cc067ffd6bd4fd7b9d84e5ff0f57cd2b107f5f1d8c086769a27dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these link farms. The embedded JavaScript may be used to further obfuscate the malicious links or initiate a download.

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083671138742---40307525656.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://classconnbio.com/img-jacson/files/56701744961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c1bbd92fca5226d6d62deb59acc27a56/lojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/82297918508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19aa6a36c2785114d457f00902596ac7/xawazega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d448ea40dc1---51736334684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweetbasketsbyjackie.com/clients/864293/File/97257908076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ecbbd111681fc9ad6f86b87a07a2196/53896095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11984493d1---devutagukuwusapifipedefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e7c3be179---33377357664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/5496804694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ce2128a3edb7126addfe618b08e3b00/zebajojoguzibadovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/259581a2c140967e29dc4b5a141ce46e/wizexedagofewekewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081cf8d79a1b---3310188521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b33f6415151---tozidawivapiritisaxerusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/gisevop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/lisulimidugizizisubule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pitin-akutsu.com/js/upload/files/kadarukixodufitexufarirel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/459d745b7e2ef53245451fa900180664/bigefafifalegapulikaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5060a04042fe0622d534b174201a0cc/gomitomuxekexibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents//files/javir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab897e0ade9---bedapasepufifuzam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/dodixejemitozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e886178e744e29b23c579d707d3262/30615067288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7d8cca1ee760cd6660b0cb108f83b5/82701457404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852e8cc67e9---nojoros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8f51615ce---18629280075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=greatest+revivalists+of+all+timePDF 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_off0000f297.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF297 10376 bytes
SHA-256: d87042e309eb406eb50f2ddc56649e0f2246a2225455c94bae70dc100d737a9f
font_01_sfnt_off00010a21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A21 16476 bytes
SHA-256: 141133c85c1b536ee564189984fe38fa74eb984190a9e7a1b3011514856895c8
font_02_sfnt_off000134ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134BA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1