Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bf5fc85075bb655…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 12:47:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 9276859be478b2b1cfed88b72b6d3067 SHA-1: 67c610cd1033b1e08de2804794a83e77ad13d8b3 SHA-256: 9bf5fc85075bb655b363a80290ba5684a44344578de27c88b5a6e3da9fb0e4d9
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6b9de06f01baf9d5015977ccdb8b52e/vijufexa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854a7dbc62f---29915305519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlikeflintlogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098052c7fd31---musoxaduvabowewodaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/titumojupufuwizunak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/42593027146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4dbca5216---fuwerikeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090341abb835---wevitada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qqft7m08vhkuimugt2lho8aa0/mobuwavukobokiturilezefem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5b0acdeba---94228415911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525729ee3100b7b220bad11782390b8c/5118666141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089dd9d7c8c7---11937123518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6npe83e9tq1vktt4botdj0aag/sunege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5881a1653b9ba154ef720b5d7d7a86a/xaluniba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menuiserie-sainte-anne.fr/userfiles/file/18197384530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/33657345453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcomproltd.com/userfiles/file/vabol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eda050666478f4133903ac289f485035/21734122938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160803e706cbc4---xerudujegokufebulot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5fd7e2a168---59116464878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77ca8a7cb0---78189421727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leuphuotcamap.com/uploads/image/files/22344283338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8fbcbe0d89---99167999534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=100+cases+in+clinical+medicine+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000c11c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC11C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d933.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD933 10848 bytes
SHA-256: 3e565452d0555eff9730520059b5368ff5f4ac3aab538268647639ec14f7c5df
font_02_sfnt_off0000f237.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF237 16968 bytes
SHA-256: b94a50c22c681a4d382031b89b4254b121fa0120f15d6aecf634a169987fb9f0