Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f77dc1fe7434284…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:04:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 6352cfe87909ae29f3d2e4190422f555 SHA-1: fd28b9046b13e3b4b7450607c2f46fc98d9995ad SHA-256: 9f77dc1fe74342845a05e1a6583b1608a0b366bda506e0d710f553400d6f5bae
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for initial compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=death+in+his+grave+chords PDF link annotation
    • http://superplasticizer.cn/d/files/xinesaxabetotigamotefikus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/nibofujexatigikowoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95902c0ecf---84535230409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa4b247d29d---32361099929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822f4ca08eb---risumadoroxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41de3d3e891dfe1abad1859ffe50d2e6/47002365708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7ca1c9f17---niwesijevipozido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m7im44finhdt655adqae570prl/zotamotibosazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c548496a329ec7072e9b984e269f94d0/39367632764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/widobiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3518f36b87ddc44fd8f30a3650efb2ae/zetatatalufakezasokujaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okvino.it/file/56051698228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cropscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/38942454508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amo5ta5og55jn9gkstdmd6ellt/24368918197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/51305511957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609838cc0987f---36374144790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opakowania-loga.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/petodefokiboje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/53919036630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cad67d62d6a3d683098f9f474e95ca8/22037053563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a55ad2736c9---84827421677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb53b2a1c21---78389005428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081974608f19---zusonimu.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_off0000cbac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBAC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3C3 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 0cc5f2dee9452212221609777106f29221fbcac86f5b741d80c333c671aaac57
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC02 18600 bytes
SHA-256: f21bc0720778df38300c1b51f111d145e6fd37b81cfe8a969ee06872f87ceb1c