Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98e47324596f1507…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:08:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5f4d1ceed908936cc035370fac2ebeaa SHA-1: 766f0dba2e6b8b7856b4d6acd9ef9d297807e1fd SHA-256: 98e47324596f1507f698f2d3059eefb36a871a4567092697902288d695e27734
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document's structure as a link farm on potentially compromised infrastructure is a common tactic for evading initial detection.

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://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d00a5fd4e7c---84629333152.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/84238217545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/puxiliwedike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/gujinoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/sogelavijijurazivumat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa07c0042fc---85566333101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705aaa0ccbe---16430929624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/39272338487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/86486516613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7a2e2047aa124b195556616b9c3897c/91874798851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qglhk83a29anfsu0b0dipf90hd/66104190395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casaledellasignora.it/userfiles/files/73863384372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/nusazotesowisonapitazewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-reefer-tournament.be/argt/files/kiratinonesusumodopimeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0e353958b6---pajunigodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf19daf046d---95019097912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/kapopewapetaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07821121b7d2242a3eef19210a984ebc/kalejujarudapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2f417a21114ad19c930be22cf614e4f/48418169688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://b-solutions.net/userfiles/file/xelusoremisetorefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d3724bd93---71805209844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/2436276476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/bonadalajowifafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cd35bc723---zuliraferodewiraluwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=small+great+things+by+jodi+picoult+summaryPDF 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_off0000ebed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBED 11520 bytes
SHA-256: b835adbb6ced8b0c6abd0732173c6f0424cb8fa756044293ab5281581b505426
font_01_sfnt_off0001068b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1068B 17392 bytes
SHA-256: 1770ab6721c7e658e5f2ccb443a1032397cb2f504c9674c20baf2dda3ce0abee
font_02_sfnt_off000133ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1