Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa3ee777cb61f5ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-06-27 09:17:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 3687b78f0637c7d73517b6a6ba91773d SHA-1: 5f4eb08984eff0e6d149b50515c4a619a8e1cdb0 SHA-256: aa3ee777cb61f5ad27a661930c3bac52c3cf1c0ddb2690106a344256fd73205b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress installations and disposable domains, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous external URIs and link farm heuristics confirms the primary attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=classic+wow+mage+bis+phase+5 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b01431dd7---wuvatikigugajoravitoref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b50629585a---gusizorulufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608617fe4ddec---75834544476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091097303364---jikuxuzojojopuxevaxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc37d06185e---76649314544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210623142430815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3en605r9s4mcipae37jqcttla/koganalidifebomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d65dfb07abb---zoputubigajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac5a62d65e---51935939989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/86008306554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ndt-tl.ru/upload/file/20623876233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825907ecb31---53084242744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160858b65a506d---18560443972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/wadexajoxilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1f1782a3c---10615104038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf2a58c139---87804715138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090f88300a25---vojumaluwiketuwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c249a77f158aacd98a958e9bba65b1/xijefaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3977699aab431b0ac4efe7f4b30a2da/gituke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2afaf0c16e---sotinaregexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aace38c3b4ba1dbadcd908cf14e385d/xosonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fbde3a8ed---dolanibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l7m1jnmusirq7jmpktj37qtg1q/61826822081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computerdoki.hu/user/file/dadumexagasow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/21945647836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/viparoverapejesinizutelep.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_off00010503.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10503 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011d15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D15 19840 bytes
SHA-256: 75679aaaf27664b7ec1047bb6cd9e3ef204f1761de6c393416c8febc060cb20c
font_02_sfnt_off00014ff9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14FF9 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 6939c20ea19e279cab9ec5868a911f5991ca55019d3201b1d6eb09269041c817