Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 718120034c86ec65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 23:08:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f941056e372812bc1c674c053c522586 SHA-1: c7a1ec383bd0dae203e40696888ca78faee28e5d SHA-256: 718120034c86ec65e98fa410cabf0c2a5304420033e710b0388e73d7462304d9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, indicating a likely phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature. The document body is heavily obfuscated and does not provide clear textual lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf46f31a3d4---21722997212.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://honda-otolongan.com/upload/files/58410604319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abcbyspu.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/14496476606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio5r.com/userfiles/files/fosanemeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/59146394071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3121f692349b1b337ae313431b78abbe/numunepage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5c5924738b---xofavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6503329d5b398d1ae165b6613af734fb/neborunidiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/juponaleroleremubim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61fdaa38a8e7d3827b0a33f1eb07a253/sewejiwadisejuzotapos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2633ef023c6939dda49d2562c72ba595/mugujopaduluxiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd3e92d94---31778522044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saam.vn/images/content/file/62075131394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-1commercialkitchenservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zawinarodopewidirinonaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realschoolspirit.net/scauserfiles/files/73877200115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b08674d6c3105d1b861b310211c5cfba/rugubakufomakurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8970b641dc9d8b8ca745f2c5e3431b77/12319868579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/931604b64817f3d598f9dd3d6283a9cb/95559492951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pensionpoint.cz/userfiles/files/bimumub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aff1cc7b67---91643251638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95291d10a1---30417175466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucmas.com/userfiles/file/51118432946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alisawedding.com/upload/users/files/dizedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halongbaycruises.org/upload/files/13970187827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a13e8d622d4c8568b8836a64b9e66ea/61801050796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=easter+1990+datePDF 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_off000104bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104BC 10204 bytes
SHA-256: adc489be328a732bfd2feefd18ceed30ff5d11707e3b93c3e74750731b9bab11
font_01_sfnt_off00011bcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BCD 16904 bytes
SHA-256: a1b588ae378267e41b6859f7005715f454d10ba0a4c5ca6aecb89050c14e2519
font_02_sfnt_off00014782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14782 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1