Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d6603e838557430…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:02:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: e56d8e5681f03b0a53dd1fc3de53ee36 SHA-1: d96e152cae0e1d9310162d38d5beecb1841b75ac SHA-256: 3d6603e838557430ef6a47f02a7e536af07c879a0bd8305aee3ccbda5da539d6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with multiple heuristics indicating it's a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt by directing users to potentially malicious PDF files hosted on compromised sites. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself is indicative of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a395929e4fd---nepawiwitizejikejim.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1983b4d417---88674931421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjcfurnituremaker.com/userfiles/files/kopiguvodetanotulexisop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anvlaw.com/userfiles/file/21584157487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1e2f331789---kexovufozazowifakev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bda3bd2fb8b---47456646426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b879b39381---pofobareku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964b7261ca9---93124739691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alihuata.com/userfiles/file/depopuwenali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88c00e80ae92f67619a6239eae01e03c/demosilarubaduxenasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/pexivariwurikiwunuxudepad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754ede83d40---90275810704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://signaturetowerpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9es9ri4b3e303t0picbtt6vp37/tunezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b47bb96266b---gejuxigawulimumilomigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9759f3da9371b01fb29916df108eaedc/82956285819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ratsimae.eemedia/contents/file/75458003522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ejh6l3pq3hn6l3kn3f5t0upike/87009806075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinarioilprato.eu/userfiles/files/91204252637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60ab4c9e4259256da4a4e4ad7e244543/75391141213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90ad5ackt1d.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40fe1aafb12145af9df251e1ee5c2ca2/15476590978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.ca/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/19297655462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/356e463c2e62c0871e4430cd0b74e09c/85734314622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80ecfcc07553876823bad1e5a41b8e7b/maxikifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=toy+poodle+styles+of+haircutsPDF 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_off00010ac7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC7 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 817890e9c6c76b98424204d8c20109bd5d9c1e93d236c70c6be6e046b3850d0a
font_01_sfnt_off000123cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013be1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BE1 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 0bf8b58cc0e3ae271fce3eab2f824186e9ca0a160e1bf34521e81e913585d99e