Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f86ea8c54bbd9e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 17:00:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: ae9cf9d6a79c3ac041669469b1a40176 SHA-1: a1ac2ca9419b53ac65bb2c56e1c1e8aa4b6b86ef SHA-256: 4f86ea8c54bbd9e1cf4a2a68df92d87253395ab92de7044830d93ce493d41292
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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 http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/3093219533.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jdrum-music.com/uploads/ckfiles/files/sadevidemapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr-bang.com/uploadfiles/20210624205549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701605d51f7---78786032197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/psd2g4habl3lokh2lpdrsesquh/38888940314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sstob9hv5iiggc315cd6ndujj4/gediteluxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c891312a0a---vifarenamunipag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmacademy.net/fckeditor/userfiles/file/gobimok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9725b14ba1b55eb7c7a5ece2e5ffed63/selifibeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba7abc5a30d---fivogunopipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71e1aee74e5f9e553f3505ef0503795c/fadadamibuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e99a8cfbe1de488989e5a0f7bf0721b/6257352300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32258a6aaa397d768edeff0e81798b32/19003950381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160931daa5086d---93171783657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ba81d536f---6173836476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/299e0b44632466c0ce936b76ed8bf3fe/69890670155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8j3n4bnjvi02m3u751aj2rah4/wekesepoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/pagujuzinetazodebomed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c22917610aed52e6da359bd485bdfb94/14866937643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://safetypath.net/cms_images/dofibosozudotejolewikuwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbtele.com/en/cache/fck_files/file/78108573463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608840b9eb05e---puwoxanupelinoxetovopalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekutaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cb12e374f---73284770938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=malnutrition+among+adolescents+is+due+to+poor+food+choices+and+poor+food+intakesPDF 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_off00011474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11474 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012c86.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C86 18256 bytes
SHA-256: d9f798b8603e9f4404ea32cc3adfa7da5281d3574066b080891521c252a8b499
font_02_sfnt_off00015a84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A84 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 065ac4b596ff8ad91ca2c013f90ecf12a8d642d7956727cf89cf3a4ae8e5a5df