Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 941ea9dafa906ab8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.5 KB Created: 2021-08-26 03:18:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-12
MD5: 90489068580ed65ba24cbb73df7083f5 SHA-1: 1ed1199ba114a13d59f42750fa5effeaedb48139 SHA-256: 941ea9dafa906ab8251dfec4269ab47f06ab2c6dd719ff25d467b5b666882e00
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. It also features a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to obscure the final malicious destination. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3m6v8jicufg36ptui6945o1c7l/34548132069.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3c2b39e473---28551574835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9073856511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8c851c5bf2---83922787128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nbch44kn85elnfd034ciuk8s05/99170685072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4fb4f204da---xezetafitixitojomudika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalparkhotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gisuzuboxowuxafekifuzokop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://timjanen.se/anvandarbilder/53/files/9858840928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://good163.cn/Uploadfiles/files/kezebuxakeweburobizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ariconium.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/latokonid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f21499610---judusotomeselej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.napariverinn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e951dfe6276db1be93efff7ba59dd263/zodosawopudadixot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ev-owners.jp/userfiles//files/94899166101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a435f48264---seketijeruzogemubenir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://restavracia02.com/userfiles/file/9499818030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a42c238cbba6245cfb082487e92a96d8/wupezenurase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://addsfly.com/userfiles/file/18361880946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bcf447b288098383c1edc1fe87ea778/14516266617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlqnir1guhghv84ek5je75ci4k/38066534965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79fce69e95b657efcad6438706f604ff/silawewaxezos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38fe4dd147---zorajenekakowujabexolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29198101108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/diratejavivudarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecableapp.com/FCKeditor/FCKimgUpload/file/bifonivugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubigroup.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/upload/file/33440858121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+the+production+theoryPDF 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_off00013e95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E95 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000156ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156AC 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 4a132ec4ffde3e235b0fa231277492b9f7c44f7eaa4d64826da11601848de32d
font_02_sfnt_off00016f79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F79 18824 bytes
SHA-256: 54d67642dfa5ce537a90740d3643517a7777b11b79b4f24a2e74240a0460f58c