Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9d09cdbeb9da64e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-07 05:31:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 4bc2f2ea213d0a7d8aff3835b118d587 SHA-1: 01305624057b00dcacffac4536bcaaac87e0a6ae SHA-256: c9d09cdbeb9da64e20bd7a389659a362aa5097092d959a4ff1c48f413d515c8a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF sample was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier indicating a high probability of maliciousness. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites that host further PDF files. These linked PDFs are likely designed to lure users into phishing scams or to download additional malware. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farms on potentially compromised or disposable hosting suggests a campaign to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+a+bat+look+like+flying PDF link annotation
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79tudrqnqb7dh82o6a5tct5ff7/letuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e0a875367d---ponolonetelutamewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resheto.ru/users_images//fck/file/berakotomumofekarox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/18070031264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pobierzplik.pl/uploads/files/wudopovuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5m73s3eq5oamc810io2huvrdd4/71116004868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91348ed9ce43c8305518a9f28784758b/naxuxutozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqsagicukmep6drdic6je1h305/kapafufifub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bednidhitraders.com/userfiles/file/17195278157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b082e7cca2---13451141638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosewoodcity.org/nbloom/fckuploads/file/833354100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/libatujoxeson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/65141832241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a781529be66---tidoforometitamugefofef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newtech-utm.pl/userfiles/file/tapikokeludavarufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba1e7c811f332a6bfbc9d64e81e593f/52385431997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mertlakustika.cz/images/pages/file/xajipikatonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tfbo7dgr1ghb7p0sjcurn1bh6/nileg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edad61df86f9f8dd8bfb67fbed6ccc1f/88068646532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/95859146834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9ef611913---nowijipan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc6fcbaa09---midotezatizubolekamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b377141e184463564ad13ca135057492/89538839187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gainerwindows.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5ir3fo5aa8nt497k0f9ufovk2/57268776906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37402ea68722c5252427140a69b979c0/50415744472.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_off0000e8a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A1 10872 bytes
SHA-256: b41d2127ca6f4d67188c3b12de2e1e33681e85f55b71165f471055231e017e3e
font_01_sfnt_off00010184.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10184 17716 bytes
SHA-256: f2170d1ed72d76911dca05288415b88dd133bc3741efa54f7a5c6a01761d6ac9
font_02_sfnt_off00012e90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1