Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a47fba284ae9238…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 15:49:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 30d6b24ca62b9e26b3b3813d0fd87458 SHA-1: 13fe0914885d99a7ac97221adab14b0fffd65231 SHA-256: 9a47fba284ae92382f2f9a6dc39a304b14af6bbbb4a6ae28e462794c8e5ea550
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress upload storage locations and other disposable hosting sites. The embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b02be2941---lupefeneza.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075af79ed747---zuzasotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/tabolajubasoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9i56fuuejq1og8duhfav19veb/xaremexomip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cq74ao0r5mbp183f9kv8o331g/22387466862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1df9455aa981a17fee6572573eab200e/gajote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/bepazijizevaxaxopibuwodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5ba9e0d5a3---datuvowidarufaputavulupom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meechoktoolmart.com/user_img/files/sizifumomagesalir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776730e03fb---50929650828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vof4fnp7vpg4sae7b7247osjo/tubidakikulimegafaxagika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609737eb03253---mumuwewovize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentalclinicbangalore.com/uploads/modigupanatobizetovenofev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b683714e649---36522294020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efec72f8cb9f8fb221de16f037bf1eca/ratupijolusawegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/38616059254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54v2vrsjnetajh6idbgpl86e4a/kanileritebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c899171580a---78989906739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c091d6fddbc9e3d532e4fb7424b07ed4/31414773890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/mudisinepabamawolekojub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameralehiep.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/61394359847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thienlongadv.com/upload/files/ramawusifupalag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072df840d318---zuzimexesofolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=silver+steel+tools+are+recommended+in+usm+for+machiningPDF 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_off0000e657.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE657 11164 bytes
SHA-256: d902a46edca805599119f5fa46abdf1f3d900d0a1712607d7223889ebe8ca578
font_01_sfnt_off00010009.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10009 18888 bytes
SHA-256: 6ab402ab3411cc998d59e036cdcec5fe7e8a6002133cbea083e9bcf6b30d6c6c
font_02_sfnt_off000131be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1