Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 918d08de03833c9d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 11:37:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: c4cc4335b77f43af19cf4394ffe7b6a6 SHA-1: 9909bf11321d1e3e9a1c06866b011dde53928cf7 SHA-256: 918d08de03833c9d1bb2517fcaf000167d17e3c24b4d5e5ef3e2604a1b112174
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious content. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bde428728ca---wuwififujuvivafizaso.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4k6kugt9jrd10pl1oiui7taa5b/14493262191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e08a99c861---8055417830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/lamonemeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bc283b3adfbab34f658ff31591c31c7/28220159353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jucal.es/images/file/vamelefufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074ac5723039---zelije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa88241631f---43944011447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609843686b3c0---18367024422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/wigufarisosebuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/musovovazasiwakesorelusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trimix.bg/UserFiles/File/bevemozelibozejajiwuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tvmreza.tv/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27012462811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/351af8bdd894d2f45aaf0d4ab531cee4/91587164996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dff6f7bf05e---13544430217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/55923331402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fixmyhelicopter.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/kijibevoxevajawuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084655e77847---22187665473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/kimabomafuwalikiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee46dce43d2---sasej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://narcisse.sk/editor_uploads/files/zaxagabekipogino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apexnepaltravel.com/userfiles/file/jopiwivixarotin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacoma.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a77e131a4a---gofeferufana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/bokuzagatoxorujekuwoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+alienist+series+2PDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f43a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF43A 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 6096aaa4c497fc776ac4337637e9e7bcfd65b5b4327554bd24f1b30cd2ad0389
font_01_sfnt_off00012058.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12058 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001386f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1386F 10168 bytes
SHA-256: 8c4a3579016011943f76469a1bcdcc30a832c91b81a9fc9b6bddcdd5b32ab8bd