Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c94fb7435285345c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 09:14:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 0e3c36d510d32366ac864d1a7bb0c821 SHA-1: ce29ddf0f40505c82ee9d27a3f108876370c2c32 SHA-256: c94fb7435285345c26104d0d755c1b73496d501db7f1567470742cd34363db13
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection, indicating malicious intent. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic specifically points to social engineering tactics designed to trick users into running commands, consistent with ClickFix attacks. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous external URLs, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggests the document is part of a larger phishing or malware distribution scheme. The primary goal appears to be user interaction leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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://tepihtrava.rs//files/vibafodupudegifikabubufuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ec4ec1425---kedezevuxiwovejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d883f4fa67e6514f4b725d7b6de95612/wezibaserex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-krmelin.cz/app/webroot/files/files/29271292249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoscuolecasetta.it/userfiles/files/82514006297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/sukomepovemeretilizoditu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/16323166018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22f5fcbe2c1ce73eb649357c7858c759/folenukeluxutotonot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6e6126f6a4---58623321203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7ebb7313d---lenofuwexugobes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd6254428a22f7ddaee53dcf3bd665e5/mejabinitupopuzatuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8bc98ae58e---77017523283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9ab2c6fe7---jitom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a419236144---61622571850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iwnta.com/userfiles/file/ponogexexunamufegolugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instandee.com/Images_upload/files/daduturuzukagulujofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/glidgp1s8su9se5h4597g30peu/vezidedasaragajezire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8565eecfa0722fbe8ce0be27f54c3aa4/54098838482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ec40c9853---korulefogafikoruve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portugaliaimagyarok.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50519822767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa790ae8492---48312890131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40580422932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adfe5b95c55521425ac8822f03ea5bab/pofelewadubozeluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f85c9dab61---33800229024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=latest+windows+10+update+assistant+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_off0000fb08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB08 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001131a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1131A 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 4bf42a57d5750643aa5f800fd577f3c004f73fb142a6012a4b9889ce7faddb75
font_02_sfnt_off00014180.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14180 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 7466bea06410ff984b59a9a2747be25621cb2266baff883c62f785c4f692ae55