Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3937e9aa4388966c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 10:10:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f4755a98fa13f402c7a0a9362358277c SHA-1: f9f590bd05f067418bb9eaccfa8795f6163f024a SHA-256: 3937e9aa4388966cd1a2e5da2676398c04ea67de4a288362f7d4b5cc353a2f9b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lure users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc0917652e---ziduraduvovu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084872e6fecf---94696790838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70dbcd10qmg1n9hbrtvlr9u4g3/4470155294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yoron.net/up/files/gozejunigafatulexudodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6b312c597---31928170686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c4346161---vabeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/55361591746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/33169391335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/lijiguzipola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://economiadecomunion.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/favajorobutokisokiwurufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607367bed65b7---kafoserumorovanawuxale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarinfo.in/userfiles/file/suxadigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://np21bellapalermoshopping.it/file/6152811430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loctra.net/userfiles/file/kijisek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/67115693559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a80b7e0d8d6---kobodevatoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce3d5b878e5---94534427902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fcc062ff8d957b8121b869c1e6bdd50/12777159955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160844ab787dba---dekeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a3841a636---tigumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae96caa8b6b---tisiwopetejoveriz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985eeca7092---berulunixanoxiwofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160d81b2b2661f---91958665338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08d461eeabcca430c06a5957939882e7/zubogoruzafenubitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/9440032317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+communication+assertive+passive+aggressivePDF 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_off0000ecd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECD8 11020 bytes
SHA-256: c83d5d3bbdc86fe6e5c5a7f6e65b092279628d352d29ce4d2f3dd798c1ed30dc
font_01_sfnt_off0001068e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068E 16836 bytes
SHA-256: 163af36f26c4f87362cc3c8d0cfb09d21b628770722d46c887d6e1411ec812d8
font_02_sfnt_off0001322a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1322A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1