Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f1f4bc88be1cbd9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:16:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: e7492d05720168edbc2a0cb159774635 SHA-1: 30f0b009ac6660d1a6f1e7fa4009d18c9c91d002 SHA-256: 4f1f4bc88be1cbd942ed925e666e588804cdb866acec4eaf9cb24fe88bedc857
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or are part of a link farm on disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. Although no scripts were extracted, the structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lure the user to external, potentially malicious, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/272c52d4a4005eb7d3e00516bee1ad26/11005089388.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/vupegojimodupuwez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71b7829393365cadd3b71f75f9b87f87/54567506112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/159d1342c874e9e890cbf1659d471001/wemokuxanezamiroja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3g1cg8asmb6vt041dqblhhafqj/46420472665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8chj792vhudrpkmnein0965hnk/valusagadenolamid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/58866149512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e4dc83655c---37764720472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789fda60468---dovusagix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kagoshimakojintaxi.com/userfiles/file/fipad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94ba04aedb---31900072914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vk9cbodigdumvq071kp213u1i/sodudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2787e4efa3403dbb29db93ad86c9903a/gelalajizatasenixojedijup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3vl1k9rab04jtv4hota0uc2uf1/17252326785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c07989424dd---mavodixeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e02f8e7bd---53477471706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c25727fe5---ralebibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3d8fabab3051b3d6eec8b723f7c6570/sufipumeduparigujoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annandale1963.com/clients/69704/File/lukedumavulokakilatuged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1640845e16---bogatolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b5bc24fe5---76281260521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/kagejuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+does+it+cost+to+put+a+new+engine+in+a+truckPDF 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_off0000f855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF855 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001106c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1106C 11184 bytes
SHA-256: fc5b04767e44e462caec2d40e63f711cacd05c67b315db323c52aae1b8c458f1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A43 16820 bytes
SHA-256: 88998527492962ffd8cf1f56512638c7bbd247d9ac1065b076d7b1fe9e43692c