Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac04d9f7e9f14fd4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-04 22:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 8c35e72c6c64600bc1e595a2ec4c0439 SHA-1: 69a1275c0866d8a9e461660059b487170e9a7f09 SHA-256: ac04d9f7e9f14fd4dd3c024ccdd5c6be7603e8ab2c00e4680cadff0ed08dba0d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or use WordPress upload vulnerabilities. The presence of these links suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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 http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607573fc58cf7---wopixezimo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://emprenderem.cl/files/97003461762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/naketuvavivutuvigikolulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0edbda68ab1649637b6479022c18919/97204095143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758b057f343---96390746601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mvg314gjsei08g9tucha4s0pru/99579588491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master-service.ro/images/file/munafedulenunedaxojek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160868c6911345---jawomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11ebcd39b8---feniwojajajejovalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2eab9f16a---41491629646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d536a6c9930---31948658475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fde9553683d5c7ce51362e1352eef97b/teteraruti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e3fb83105e642bfb748f8bac8bb9f6a/64120486283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e18da11f4---ranilanolujigojajame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8c23682dfef3394ea25a1f836871c49/56156338482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pe917pol61rvt9a5k8atdp14g0/53474735724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a447531de7b---98643838083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plagij.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ditoroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776c15a7da4---42550871512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988fc509c20---58104678555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ab12520a3762027e81cb1e91d6ffe2b/40270341708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungbuloon.com/media/ftp/file/47395504570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=the+raven+1935+watch+onlinePDF 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_off0000f66c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF66C 10800 bytes
SHA-256: dd30c09aec72e06d3fba7c0741b62c14c85cdaffaeae06d60c26455db616dbd0
font_01_sfnt_off00010f67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F67 17540 bytes
SHA-256: 11cc6e2c8859b9ccd07867b04560c1cd385b73489e30bab5a09c6d744d3b554e
font_02_sfnt_off00013d75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1