Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd19d10cdec9b960…

MALICIOUS

PDF

55.7 KB Created: 2021-05-27 18:26:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 8da04ccaf411693f88396d28f46f5c0c SHA-1: de818f468ff2b460c1d5f8c4f1575e1bdae65929 SHA-256: cd19d10cdec9b9607750dbb96d32c54394a463ed9b2a942d7186d614bf536fdc
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content hosted on these compromised sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9166

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e90b959e2274bef64bc5ad77af1696e/nagixanajitadoxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e6e06e83714d6732d21f5ec614d48d4/vebegonubiduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a34027886d3---81447023195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9c428cf0734277bef07ed933aac172/3430409010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc9a8b3e0a30b3732b490b990c3e370f/8911939300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/levotigixagalidaroxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festival.bg/fckeditorfiles/file/95983931158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoiotelecom.com/imagens/img_fckeditor/file/83890121195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074728b8911d---fodoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/471cd6d20204ed76972529459eeb178e/37500943235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c20b192feb---nolupuzefilelesuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8b1fee91471edb339e528896f6a0345/93097348532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160989fd7d64d8---kasutakamufimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balogmihaly.hu/UserFiles/file/texupezilufikizede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j24fm6ejjcedf166imo42736f0/49010862001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teraval.cz/res/file/wodowamepuwexufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protechlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5bbf1645f79d7a05be69e75fe76c0f5/96593387249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=principles+of+horticulture+book+pdfPDF link annotation

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d47e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD47E 2828 bytes
SHA-256: f1383d7cd59a6739427f7596f1165603adacbacc8f657d4e156367611f565abb