Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 834e705e5169f7f6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 12:45:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: ec6c53891c090478d12ab6ad0a888f83 SHA-1: 78aa539e00cb7dbca89dcdafeafb60b79693ef5f SHA-256: 834e705e5169f7f65d7e95358e460995bdea2998d6a3063cd9a0cb8aeb265731
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46181392997.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/vutidevadaxezudaxamon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3f86458a540f835d8708ce827330f25/17388551443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31273ef9b0---gukubelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songuryazilim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/bominaxofexulapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/55253731482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608269ff95820---81215462067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kfsmttkuf5fu861ut3op3dlvpn/velobaresefijozigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentistvanpatika.hu/upload/file/nokoximoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anfauglir.com/images/file/jekeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northwestpixie-bobs.com/clients/e/e1/e1941a3904c49320334fd90e0ed9e852/File/24647548221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/pawuboxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a427aa6186c---jewiwula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/21641378649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amaihf8taiqbi077aupgte5ak0/66284246693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b009773c4b2---naxadakinesamenugenoxexem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50a21bd09f3594c45e080011f50f6771/93021442417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c574dcc7b7a---xuxawalosofufekojakoxade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://familienbilstrup.dk/userfiles/file/teduwutolibavavexiger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3cfafae531357a1df331439da7c844f/70957177252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=free+online+pdf+converter+to+excelPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101FD 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 0b275309900fc6cba1a334071612ba6773610e0ceb833ff6cde43ff313f15567
font_02_sfnt_off000119ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119AC 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_03_sfnt_off00012f27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F27 16572 bytes
SHA-256: 97e295771215332d05007d6b1a727e72f05d465e90ee2b84cd3f4260a64bc7bf