Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0958f9af010a0b9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 04:29:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 7733cd408860987fcb886f9bb0bf290e SHA-1: 2f3a0189cfa17cfddcc794f5909bc4220ab05246 SHA-256: d0958f9af010a0b94eeb9fa9a03622bbcff2abad62761a51c53b0ab7ce366988
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of a 'download' button lure reinforces the deceptive nature of the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf3dbce8bac---81846909719.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608711b32963a---11116559947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/9556583145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/891de2c9e9f0a88816070991a9aa3dab/79369825421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrdiborice.cz/erucom1/files/files/45154834616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/rojinudasimowuvuzabuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/64572996085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e48f7664c1270dca8d2beef639e650f0/54778964086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/84890828686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solarconsulting.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5954eec778c4a0600134daa48cf3d0c7/49404854009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1960ihs.com/clients/e/e0/e0b58928a48036c9af8d6cfc9cffdd99/File/pulozisitutuwuweput.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ef331eec1---bepumidoremita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210502223847_1160690347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odpadykj.cz/UserFiles/File/51207886164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160a2790c7a593---kemadubate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4t0bud9qq89tltii0c6a1e63l/16058079707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83b0180fb673b5c7ccbe988cc25d2d29/tikelemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerhouston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b93dbea255e263f8f2125da669ca059/79426838069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e85f6321bf9b113298d89f319eb740d/wusaxesasejuvuvinevejinuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7190f85cf0---xuwarixujaforapapidigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/ferilapapafepimajuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaxena.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/sadutedufezipapefuzagukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/688c48c7bf5d25efb107ad408e3b3081/budejusovomexaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09b919a372---24568859978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/75937360889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=excel+vba+userform+add+data+to+worksheetPDF 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_off00010100.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10100 17400 bytes
SHA-256: 54d4eeabbd917da77012d8d6ce723d0ba4e0761cbea3f313268dc5367d5fc52c
font_01_sfnt_off00012ecb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ECB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000146e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146E2 11112 bytes
SHA-256: b2523d7f4b05c33f8c0225cb9dde98692360b7bc4d05205f9a2d211ae2ad6288