Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7cb9d983c2430c2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 10:09:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 90c10c9670e0632f85419e9832fda732 SHA-1: 286f7dfd08893230dfdcff568a8d0209e5532e8f SHA-256: 7cb9d983c2430c2f65a4cd61134885a6ec1ddf6d5e1fee7a9ae1f9e18bc272a6
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of numerous distinct hosts and the use of UTM parameters indicate a coordinated effort to lure victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1aa5fb666d---55512130550.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5b68c3555---xakufulejuzimuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab5a8e358c---gaforupidetutaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989c5e5421f---93256700152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608499362c9b4---pekugosirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eed0c6bf4ec5531d2bb8da044b90a7f5/51745035299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87c6b681e26985a57d1ce8dc976247f6/55288860730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoprato.eu/userfiles/files/tunejafugabixuzafiwovem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66fb9cddce64bc0e69b075193c5276bc/73046078253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cd8ce4d7be---tapewiferiwexur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/fujiragamoref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e397d3cd0f1f55c77955afda18b4adeb/tobamofatotuwofejopijavun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringnederland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/77239710476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.circoloaletrium.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608768c11579c---ritiverofunegudelixilero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/zoduxetoledepizilunokor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/xebefamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9506b2a9a---47783821919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96e8b1fde1ba92acb55d690482214ce8/96131369968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4059ff0e8c593ae57c2dbd74ef2764e4/diwiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=yes+or+no+answers+to+questionsPDF 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_off0000e2a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2A5 16884 bytes
SHA-256: 2f4a3b71b746279872ab65ed259b9833aa28de7f4e91d70d576cbe7f149b061d
font_01_sfnt_off00010e91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000126a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A8 10372 bytes
SHA-256: ba026ed53aefabe4eeb804ef5611b312be5bcdd9005864be32f6f8367e252679