Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73f5f81627ba3417…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:45:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: a9c89449e5afb3e889ecaaa37d4b59a8 SHA-1: a657527548902ece59b8501bf6b4e88efaa542cb SHA-256: 73f5f81627ba34178fcbbed1be5b5359eb3876d79c902b0b8d4bc3d6661fcb4b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other PDF files. This pattern suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/920b53104fdd0fc6e1ee7ed1cfb70c32/vavebereferifojovonolik.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/75046342369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tw-sincere.com/upfiles/editor/files/meletofepuvepolumawewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/luiia8hfmuq235nla7deuhulvj/91518650118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d53e422f0---wofip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/bafitaxowijulaxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607762165eb9b---38011203647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e2c9953a3---11844147377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernstudioservice.com/admin/userfiles/file/90036815916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a18a3ca422b---13391696534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipivesizotadus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/34266476801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/rofumawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vk6uqkcsp39o2htpuh4q5ugv8v/zovoxipiretamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/68772153434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleypto.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7291811e47a1fd6d3afb9bb9f4a44c29/66160458962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608101009177a---juruzotenafodalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8daa2f0e8---tilusotomexemabipedomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/vakorinogapujafasaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conwaychristian.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d48ac550a---niradavawasoxogonupenovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibmetiz.ru/upload_picture/fenigesuvizike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmic-kino.ru/sadm_files/poxodutetuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controlsystemco.com/cache/fck_files/file/96096279484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780dd26de1c---retevefavezikoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l80qkmc8tnn5idvmf710d2q60c/36277225429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=eosinophils+in+liver+biopsyPDF 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_off0000e79f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79F 16796 bytes
SHA-256: f2549343fe0acf3fa535c5ae0b6e918f1b7ddbcfcea90f1ec7a63b5e9c705062
font_01_sfnt_off00011300.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11300 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 679c50b8cc9df9966fc754805fd793bb5604530f3a4535eec814942c23e847bf
font_02_sfnt_off00012a27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A27 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1