Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 376f92d9bf41cdca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-06-30 10:14:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 3ee64ef94b90b5232cf498b8a769177e SHA-1: dab6c6316ae1309f73eceabf37c575950dee3f1a SHA-256: 376f92d9bf41cdca86b2f5a2f7c33998b59883a43f7c5f763d8649cedcc2f92d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm designed for SEO manipulation, suggesting a lure to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and linked URLs point towards a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609999092dec0---73193323633.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab63e8cb4bb5ff6527becd08b2b1cfac/21701480523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6a420fad1f655ab497afc3b2bea50a1/75337493085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091c2f268c0b---dekijasidosozavubududovep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/255fdd33dd081becfbaf9bce28060cb2/89691777285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91a53d364e79f9e86a40e837742eb67b/pakotavodigewubegonulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607889626ad62---58031366981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0bw3kv4s8mn.com/upload/fckeditor/file/53209039934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dabcce768c---76848819626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b1ab69c1c---kogubebazevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c286a9e027---tetudaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/doxesexanul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/rodikuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3296d1121a---49054129706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c628a1ff3---pinomopozuwejaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b891770bd1---zaxoxulimofozefani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/wenixajelepukifadaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad04af18903---18258000166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=pdf+to+document+converter+free+onlinePDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770e37d8fa6---tazepimokomolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE0 16984 bytes
SHA-256: 7752030581788eb73d907a47b50de49f51286fef7e064d92052e503a8e5e21b8
font_01_sfnt_off00010b7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B7D 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 07cb35fa6af5da724fb319670a2d338d555b6c6ef07f5d82e4df1857171662ea
font_02_sfnt_off00012340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12340 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1