Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c194553bbfa4e5e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-06-27 05:21:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 3eaa74af978c71adea02527b704287ff SHA-1: 1ee5d1252725ee5ff9ae6ad780c1235293157c60 SHA-256: c194553bbfa4e5e609d2b0ab1a99a5aeeb990d4438f16ea2f5cf16f94db47e00
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

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 http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/71728067514.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://digidatadecolombia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e64e501f840c94873714a89d31b7ab5/98551638991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21a45b8d2168b430df7c83db72831481/fisinijogepije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c98c7b46db---7011036665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b85e2452f5fa3ae25a123429b34159e0/59862480478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17f9455e141882fa1c884713cdc97414/45637744768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ebooksweb.net/files/file/vobonedafofenasedeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/3771452061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41f2457dae0819be0e279e530d30a0c0/zafotolewuwufolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b8233b6bb---notajutofapamiruwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85f885946f---41712545078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coalcreekcentenary.com/clients/5/52/52f735e63eff8706e1a2a73a20aef632/File/kosuxilan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/30392567547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taxicityplus.ru/userfiles/file/23297707385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/godusokavezexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/697b289b09eec5845c9610d8bb504689/niduvudibix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81cd800446fa07b7cc9aadc0a0c39684/gijiraxatudadedelaganuzer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dc2f0e1857330356580c761d9160513/22222525357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17c920616966b220746e33b352064ed9/rubugipetegosisida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastcoastbiker.de/sites/default/files/file/vowotuzedijotobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/gebawokigorane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=best+poses+for+senior+picturesPDF 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_off0000f8d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8D3 16824 bytes
SHA-256: 54f465cf233c65136e9b68117b7bf2ce6c2cc4001e5a403467cef0e84a1cfdf5
font_01_sfnt_off00012476.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12476 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013c8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C8D 10420 bytes
SHA-256: 36255a0470b073997f0f60d789d0f8afa85e86774a707899fad666aa784a6335