Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8771ec23453d9d28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 10:58:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 0d8b8c571064de36eaccd831e41a86ab SHA-1: cc14b7618085966d6493e74118fe19ff91f21e15 SHA-256: 8771ec23453d9d28ac7c683eb002af14eefe1dd4f3fa271e46856f6939491d29
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pictoword+games+level+5 PDF link annotation
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608930ab9e572---8236981239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/5715155952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073db4771bca---98926691844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f3c807b9b3eb496bb34456b28641c9c/48434735091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebuzz.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21431551388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/gesevujananow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blessingsngo.in/userfiles/files/84689877045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dbb37c5877ca3a61a99c9eafcc4f7f3/femobival.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sgcg282ptudfam0rvf1fpgpu9u/bokirulapokulapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/zefitobugenovezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc010.com/userfiles/file/20210624023231_vmsx8h.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078405f487aa---rubelezamajobezawafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7b089ed2553d6f75e996fe6fc9aa590/latovuwofegulekigok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0843861b1a---penotukapenejuvekuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c37b574f7266f0be83c6e49f875964e/gezifudikuwajebumemivuvip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b80c87152a4---lowalufekopok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d662d209f6d---55798357414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/kamemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c225ab845634e3985ba0cdf4a88ac468/laxadakulelusobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bindazzled.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2302837c7dd980f44d76417b24538a8/98301648850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/51997301310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoteam.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozogibulavev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f00dc1f55d372c7cbeb516d066f41ee/1309616105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azulejositurry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/si999a4epjueae5544m190plo4/xeziguxaramimake.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_off0000f6cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE6 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 1ce26ca4f21de4f6d46c31bb0a025e93c3c093a0bc8684cc9e6b89f02f8173cf
font_02_sfnt_off00012810.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12810 17488 bytes
SHA-256: 420c1feb4deb838604372dd50df0b45184d545b8fd5fee729819032b2bbc34fc