Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9cfd9e09cc6355c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-27 07:59:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 42d116dff9069abe5db8d7214ce245d5 SHA-1: fd09c57cc802bd592f28fc596714d2b77604b945 SHA-256: b9cfd9e09cc6355c057e577184110ef8a9678c89d5a5fead0b42d65268be81d2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or phishing pages. The PDF structure and link farm indicate a common tactic for distributing malware or facilitating phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

Heuristics 7

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sn1i8dphboo6hfdbatvvtt2339/82787928595.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cuhs1981.com/clients/8/82/82ca37c076ec4232796cb58ed009bb3a/File/gokut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e63d996ee7a6788945c2dcb09d01adf/91823709435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4pjdd71sf0dai8c92sr23a0rk8/54710732315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/fuxafotobonuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/rotezew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daleplumbinginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8906a28c688459fcacba70bb2ba40257/fupokasupozelade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/niguzujub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4df6e222962d5e175752180a07d8c544/bopadigat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lbs.ac.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j3sj77v1fcqp9kuv8j7ke03jml/degilomine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a383d98ffd0---14870911262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/tugodab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/95827954889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67b5985hnl1lt7n49cvj303dfp/wexewomuxavupiwaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c271f0ca3918dfb0e10cb9b65755761/ranaginodanixoxoxopixalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/zunexuxejat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7cd0kpqj7die78pfkdbh3erm1/71636049023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607010d666d63---43112330093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098789837535---pitazudiximikifeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=work+out+x+calculatorPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/fapuxux.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_off0000e9da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101F1 10016 bytes
SHA-256: 1852fee4db1a69a4d41c3a17d36c3ba08def13e4cee6ab8b8423d5314ada538a
font_02_sfnt_off00011863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11863 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 9c243d48bd30fc5b0e6353868c27b1a252245c2503a0b282f85b344ea070d26f