Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3620d205eb469e89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.8 KB Created: 2021-05-27 00:58:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 432d149f44555f0c1a851457c9dbea58 SHA-1: 4756871e39a2b265be383c9ca797129a92709550 SHA-256: 3620d205eb469e89b165c18eb677f4080177958b4a3aadcfc8202cf999b94fa7
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing trojan. It utilizes a link farm hosted on compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'wkhtmltopdf' and a date, possibly indicating its generation method and time. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7986

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hq6aasi5oo4bg0l4b7jt2iuplj/felukuvijilisopijikujaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//11154274008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/61705587781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9de65777d201ee9b6162a9a121af476f/lukonakuzok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fjrij9h4h3klkb1t7vgori2lm/zegerelus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rencontres-icare.org/userfiles/file/muforumeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f10a79d504---458916120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://west-holding.com/userfiles/file/66077979042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6014eba306---63622162315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081885c07755---98801598389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608493e76bc6e---vonomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dharmapremipariwar.org/userfiles/file/81416849373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1120dd4d0739a794dd7e76e94df78165/below.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e3ddd0243---sekodalovufaboxurilolitu.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/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=bare+reflections+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000fcd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCD2 5404 bytes
SHA-256: 96337f287a880661f6cdd5add8532f117dc5e38159a0ca7ecbe95a66d04713ca