Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8901c35d8ba1dab5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.2 KB Created: 2021-06-06 09:33:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 006110ec339464a1be8db56f9ea1e1bf SHA-1: 0eec64b58798d4d547afbc498cfdbe1dfdf22d98 SHA-256: 8901c35d8ba1dab58257d0f29a2f3a624aa8eb7be68e0c629eb65f1c42a76549
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs that likely lead to phishing sites or further malware downloads. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links suggests an attempt to leverage legitimate infrastructure for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8253

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=minecraft+sonoyuncu+indir+gezginler PDF link annotation
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/74089084234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeria-millemiglia.de/app/webroot/img/editor/file/79939962376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lohsclassof70.com/clients/3/31/31ca850ff086a58b81c8700e10a01852/File/nipujezegonenumima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607272034af33---18360515767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5901fcf0cf---moxomewireko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d15722eada---gedejixazowalix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tomasjelinek.com/img/pub/file/64551275937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodesign31.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba9a0bca8cb---rimemalemupogixisilobudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/86462085985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://r2doodles.com/clients/4/4a/4a4ed909dcef54c1e3ec6a0ce1d29f2d/File/dewefirederozoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b2738bc6f9---lubuzekemasokoxuzugid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961ba041bd5---40551615214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078098ce1bfb---fivoborifekolijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2nqrip8ih1fcahjcc8vkvnsqi5/32672911887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e4071676e---86496620945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c8b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC8B6 5348 bytes
SHA-256: 01d17e366fb2c90ffb413107c55eb44c4abd643bbec9f61bb2f5b5897a4ebd0f