Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa82809e2f3da6ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:04:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 386c406cdb761b8b25307e2d8ca8b38f SHA-1: 7bd04b91c01d8a289a18b1bcbc9dd87f0ca27aae SHA-256: aa82809e2f3da6ef751dc84a617d5043056bfd18742aa004620c19c4cf2720dd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, with many embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The presence of a 'download button' lure further suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12c6e416e1---26941538741.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/53394910128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/79641961056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92653dc23fcce5b4ea938a9975cbaf7f/bimazud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f148a6b98a---nipojasowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b04fb260900---bikikoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://murtenhof.ch/userfiles/files/xobeken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olsztyntransportmedyczny.pl/userfiles/file/vumunonuren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a896fce7983---78432443395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a17275bdf3f---3755918119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/vadunuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuitsdartistes.eu/images/file/83647407958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guapa2.com/admin/fck/file/75485041552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/83989947520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/vikovupakolag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da5ab54a73---xapamibewunapakijiganinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/lewipox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c53956ff25---8237379687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webscape.co.bw/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907e1eed4e1---9690268310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o8kd6nqc1gk7lhl9sbku20h0a3/87123650793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adcc7663f4571a61306eab2486057622/xirofowijolujixuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e80581e87c13588383cdd5fc93b7af8a/nugezoduxuxesune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/90871933576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/tawivawaniwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38d717e5edac1e87f2f707d01081617d/gegafitumoruxevebewabufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=fs+16+unlimited+money+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_off0000f3ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3EE 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 4b2c5b70d841507edaead70f560723ff64ce846b3d4242550a2b8292ca47cd62
font_01_sfnt_off00010cf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CF7 16784 bytes
SHA-256: b0778f80a98513bbe7710fddca01caac31dab903073c8f01e2da020650643878
font_02_sfnt_off000138d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1