Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8986169852951ac8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:55:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5b3c2dde6ed7ab83c9755025ee137eeb SHA-1: cc4d9e92bd0b8aa14aae834399cfa048871e80de SHA-256: 8986169852951ac8c6407a20cf35db813361346d207c834e45000c078572d792
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and links to compromised WordPress uploads, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=passover+lamb%27s+blood PDF link annotation
    • http://dolphinegypt.net/userfiles/file/valalodeseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/26516583980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b4ab9e412d---56906486871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/23403249943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martybermanassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d720769559b0eb9ec61e7ca3f6e15165/25736276330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081303484e2c---22312432030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msukh0c0c08oh3ons98p1lm5c4/92980506681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area5srl.it/file/51320131577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d215c2bf4---83149658043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e2656238e---23414435656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vif87rugdnn960re48jtr5gssi/sudesemim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085906495aca---kerusoluxowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8g5fjgstk16pomkthplefsivrl/wutunodusafegowireban.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kamber.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cae3d97e667a93da0d3dc29f2b6c93a0/29905470511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091f4980bf6e---mupisinol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d0c587a9d---29225892372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostinica-domodedovo.ru/files/vivumepirewalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/54958132359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe45480176---vuwivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/20891703936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ccc32a3ec1---zujakisurilatux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dm288.rs/slicice/file/29767928906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnyras.lt/Files/file/sixagunogoxegezapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b79bae802---nexezebovarurejawap.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f18a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001099b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1099B 16632 bytes
SHA-256: f27323043d295236cf79db9740f336ec32c6c05707bab33ffb28b72d2f20fa95
font_02_sfnt_off00012128.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12128 10356 bytes
SHA-256: 8aaf6b1635295ec194e85881a7f9841228cbea4f3f499e72d67f8fafdde844de
font_03_sfnt_off000138a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138A5 17304 bytes
SHA-256: 4405ba7b39bb6222c82349aa7b1c516c879a4ab0f0d8147ab2a9f74437985d33