Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a851f044046a69ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 19:28:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: bca364a20c4de2d51278c5805afcf85f SHA-1: 0acaeb029af1d0d47677953d5acd40d862a26361 SHA-256: a851f044046a69ec2a18f09526944dde002ea05ad5fd9a16be07af5c5f6d2c5d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's used to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters further support its role as a distribution mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d217b05129da4558035fa596ea20621/noxozasuxigulo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b2167d9e5bbd6b4495183b8535450a2/vagutarufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/587b78f3615c072d3f3f6ecca8856300/66201635774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystreports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hlg5b1h07bf1m0s6hu34kmke7/viwuregomuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743b5b19f38---tiruxupanowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spreewaldatelier.de/img/editor/file/59951383113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a434ad84e57---vijoserubaxote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90fcc545f7---buwegafezovigakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf2581f6b2---45241148364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pd4cpnq3n1jrvq7hp8q2bvpp7c/64023234572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608866b062141---nimesogavelawepazitovib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villaturri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080dc8dc8c71---dukokonokutefefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoilersmensgolfclub.com/clients/865201/File/33951531987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f3b0dcd65c8639d15a2348c247988d5/lujonaligimix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://queuemanagementsystems.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fa5bc37ce0---93936358961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee7c515a2cd6ae3c6b93cfa839a89a2e/dakukobenanavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4619c9e82---72352647367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tmtteks.com/files/707132967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svatba-emi.com/uploads/pages/files/koluzadije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/469e9c8504f7f7446bf8e3e64a8f8570/renawelufisuwuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965585b3191---18510246725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cause+and+effect+conjunctionsPDF 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_off00011a52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A52 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013269.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13269 10584 bytes
SHA-256: ae05903e2cbc0d69f22b4494991a29c662cec5832f6af6b0b04648c85ea5ae75
font_02_sfnt_off00014aae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14AAE 17596 bytes
SHA-256: e01f71a33c61d56b1f1127474a9a52ab0a87666e425d59c88558203d60a67a04

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