Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 847b2148757afd2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-28 21:38:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-04-05
MD5: 90f6d4211ca27da2e3a6e6a2f2b326f9 SHA-1: a8bc6140891a50cb2cf972a8b2ceeec0f26b49dc SHA-256: 847b2148757afd2d841fc1a57d25a9f424407a60c0338a91a220280f216665dd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of external links, many of which point to other PDF files hosted on various websites. Several heuristics indicate that these links are part of a link farm, with some hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The primary attack pattern involves luring users to click on these links, which could lead to credential theft or the download of malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 https://tosto.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rixabusax.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d73de2b7f2a---67872517339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conniecorsentino.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jabepogitifemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toppelletmachine.com/d/files/zovedakilibavosake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f643e2300d2---gagoxubatarokozupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://citadelcaralarms.com/userfiles/file/susinigofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/sazazobobuwusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d91e20faa88e995db48a40b61486500e/xabadejedobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021081209260573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a791e4dbbc14e46efcf3997c306100f7/jeberobezakejaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sacda.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3btb1kami3el7qov3ojqs5c1c0/gimatejoxokenemafidumuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/budewarofuzulazomadijape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iqmuseum.mn/uploads/files/43066650058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a677e40ca---dugukajorabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b12319f940---49169938014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d373cb17936---sajiraziluzili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ad5b5d9b63f116d5270f8a13d93dd9c/lejabafegisawonimibop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interiorconsignments.com/media/file/78368202833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romengo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dunafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawweb.info/mycms/admin/userfiles/file/38425248373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b286a9d64---40378021207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qr1s24avl078cc06pje4et6t5n/80939161463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d4l7g6kfhlko645f1h7k7hha7/pixizonafoxutonevubumimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/dinotufozisugenuperep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=tracheostomy+site+in+adultsPDF 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 extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off0000f4fb.bin)
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off0000f4fb.bin)

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f4fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D12 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 2a7b6dde27eb2d13ef9ec26e9e66ab7f685a8e353d3dd1dadd8db58020c08859
font_02_sfnt_off000125db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125DB 16908 bytes
SHA-256: e886a1d90421d66a5d77cfeb8b507c3429501a2d4c87e72fc9f729ef3b62ec9f