Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca336f990003075f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

61.3 KB Created: 2021-06-12 23:43:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: b7fb2d91774b71e93e7a5bb5e90e68db SHA-1: 66ddb90d4303332d5da5f7d00ea53e4701ada94e SHA-256: ca336f990003075fbf8f9e1f6f19ad190a038be3d926984aec8826db5f879894
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms and appear to be part of a link farm designed to deceive users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple suspicious URLs suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6759

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=copi+cohen+introduction+to+logic+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7mor8clk5uj15ftokjkav12mu/31906156013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/xizifakemekuwegirigututaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071269c73ec0---mixemagewezibadokuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a227e158cbf62783f50767c731a8d85/dawuxobowitapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c20938d7d08---kuvukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/tuvibafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe5f6959e6771272b494b2ff102fa018/40568211742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c8257da54---dasesukinibefexaxoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c48ac0487b---19076643987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094427dd9d60---79813965632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af1c425a431---16713995429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/140153248033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160703fc3d0097---xomewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.keystonecare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5155cbd553dc3b0bb552619624419d2a/busewitifakunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busangh.com/attfile/fckimg/file/%5C/20210604185343_258773791.pdfIn PDF document text