Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9596ace448bb1dad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:09:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: acce48ed1c62940f737b129e69252d49 SHA-1: 50feef59c0aeccbe9f0188c5304ff0478b05f45b SHA-256: 9596ace448bb1dadc381012bd0d05fac67708eac72d6a0059316800aa7f13aad
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of urgency and invoice lures further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=imr+4451+for+sale PDF link annotation
    • http://naturabliskociebie.pl/userfiles/file/92222701668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c86fca81b8e---sutejinozedafifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iaestedresden.de/userfiles/file/18134656640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/24333013268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609171093865e---pikujaxulir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0732b555e9---kujudedakodadifagafuwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/rarejutodasodigimatijuxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wowutipodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f2b111e36---39459315304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/27744258559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6uc1qqhthufa66pbh2up48q67/dunuvufudegujitijetakutux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketdoanbus.com/webroot/img/files/66894187254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/fogunaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20c001c9517ed452f34dec0d30b20475/70389002603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760503c3f8e---kovuvexomukuwopibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daoltrading.com/userData/board/file/zitejel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cdd07670897f2cb3a2dc788b29e2134/46258528960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bde74b6797b---saziwixaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/rinekusimuvotef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/78315983994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/94799310914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094f94286076---19869813154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44bc436163f1e33c9e0e44c7286ec06c/futemozapigisugowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/jisoditujovedenibud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879b36c306f---xodexiwifufezideted.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_off00010c1a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C1A 17628 bytes
SHA-256: e3083103b52aa722f4349fde6a68752d0a5d290d4791885c8f34432a3c2bfcd5
font_01_sfnt_off00013aa9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AA9 10296 bytes
SHA-256: 37809a6823d496a3f382c7ff9c9f1f115e25787d1a09ee58eafe7c219e5b8f61
font_02_sfnt_off000151fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x151FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1