Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38e5c93cb1b919ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 07:56:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: ffbfcde86d5b07757dd63583c332848b SHA-1: 68a2a7842de0f8a5ef0eff5fd12f39dd7a5b703a SHA-256: 38e5c93cb1b919ba7401bfdf1c5ab12c9eb6f63e5ab8fe2a1e82d060d5fe7d9a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links that point to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kq9kkj4c32gclqebgi5milorgp/wigafamomu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/vebifotanejozukinotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/20656557106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://condicionamentofisico.com/arquivos/file/70959836536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/biruwujopazumulareborele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/40129226436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160777cd109877---pelumulisurizedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cca9d3835c---32844604567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce2171e2c0---zagipipimadizijaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c496134ef67e4a719798587655b683f/rodawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/sanofosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiopros.com/userfiles/file/In PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/tabokoragavin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtcongnghiepxanh.com/upload/fckimagesfile/sulavevaxojopaxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608078a9d231c---78426111377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rts-wm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruruxiwalolejivad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d227b9a31fa---57076806454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72895d132d0309d8928bc75714760a94/86600798475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c04ad25c591---sasakituvimabuxufibokusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4aou82imfcts1j11ihgc55k522/vososogofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b60be34d66e---relulutedusokasenadapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomaszfilipczak.pl/userfiles/file/5008747839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41f2457dae0819be0e279e530d30a0c0/zafotolewuwufolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traonguoc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c00eqkbrchhqn00e4te68io6r/kamulufanejonakimidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2af376bd3d8205b2afccb608b5f44148/kewudejojibumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dolaodong.com/userfiles/file/7603137412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=fear+of+talking+on+the+phonePDF 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_off0000fcef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCEF 17236 bytes
SHA-256: 69c42ee7b138fa2e87f9da1a36561db97ae99454069e1584e955e607af4fb727
font_01_sfnt_off00012939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12939 10540 bytes
SHA-256: 36ac7e76668c60a22d2405ef5561a8a10d568653729259541287541fb4bb6a0f
font_02_sfnt_off00014122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14122 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1