Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33cb8ee0b2999fbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-06-01 06:36:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 8fadddedaa830ccc1e2bcbc5d1caf3c4 SHA-1: cffe4cff8bef3e20c243c436c1ac4852778b7c7e SHA-256: 33cb8ee0b2999fbb263c9545a8d235e3dbe4689786f1e8a5389e99d1f7ac7dd6
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations and appear to be part of a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9884

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://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081efe7251c5---xuzibamurekub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75ec038c2ccd1aeb8747a8a91ca66513/77189707303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/bogewusika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2fe2b93f08---89809994099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e8a64dbfe5---linodapixigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/6722569876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77d2d3149ecf1017c1ffe3d01bb221bd/32891468716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c864fb8575---44065372907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728fe38060f---69433031708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203cce5e547cb186f04996a4dab20498/fifobisikum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/49582956562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebe4179d3ef5984dd4ab16358c76bed9/ririgedidakuvugokolifuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160768fa1e2caa---34959107814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtechnocrats.com/upload/file/56833418802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f6220b0412---tabuninubisikerafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thedestinbeachhouses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72366ad254b219a1cfa133f1f657e1fd/95643643033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=geometry+dash+dorami+texture+pack+2.11+download+pcPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f1df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1DF 5768 bytes
SHA-256: 6c2fd03c3a4b1a0943dd85d229a3a8782b6858c917dd98d4cc88b635dc3c669b
font_01_sfnt_off00010581.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10581 1636 bytes
SHA-256: 1fee037af4a74430cd143506c103db1ce6a4e725c701268b284aa1a5325a9f33