Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81ea768fcc420d39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 12:51:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 9c0d10d79bc8e279553e0e695054b473 SHA-1: 20a9c76a9b2b1333429d1c8fa50b66bcc6e12574 SHA-256: 81ea768fcc420d39e7afcf5a5fc2a6405577d9d777d321ace627419cad1bdc1e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a link farm on disposable hosting further supports this malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d45ef4a0642c63d7bad8785832f96808/begofofubapizizixefinu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8cb51ae83274c99ae55c81b635c2dc9/xafubikuxogafivaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cesiedizioni.com/userfiles/file/ganenuvuxivadaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/96550006264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089b463ea165---rixazoxibapoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dfbc6d411---wagilanudibimusukizefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4cbfbe2a8f---17833054129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n3gl2t2hakpkdbrnvun9eft78j/sukefesonomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084e26c132f6---molukefenotomefokirobepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedvandergulik.nl/userimages/file/peramowatenajenus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095ff7399b09---malegofemuguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b00197d76---71991881149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/27362233595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607126e35aafb---wijobupapuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-kva.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tabiweralekabim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1790ebb170f6b7a83d0a1661a2ea73e/zowozasegetisuxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.haievent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6rp0i0j1dad6h8v5k4g9cd6cck/vurilugiwiludaparobibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hv4cle3tipb4vcig0394gu2t9r/56957630278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/ximojekituja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=sample+valuation+report+for+propertyPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081242f09ae3---sojoveledatolubig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000114de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012cf0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF0 17532 bytes
SHA-256: ecca1b4d569b620288d0964c1238138eddc02da2ac0070f6141c62084b526fe3
font_02_sfnt_off00015aff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AFF 10704 bytes
SHA-256: bb6cfc7930cd2759259bb3a92040434fde79a1aa8deaad83bd908473f42fae63