Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6cc33fd3d460a80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 12:44:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: a57fac8fd3918206aecb9717d7922a27 SHA-1: 1c7ae0da8547bf2452909244c9d9dde671416161 SHA-256: d6cc33fd3d460a8023c40aca84cd9c0827d37415546123195b7f7eb8e326404c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or initiating malicious actions. It also contains numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cat+stretching+paws PDF link annotation
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210621231702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/sufimubelevowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6cd87bc1a1---namubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heritagecambodiatravel.com/userfiles/file/selodimojuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b252ddc173---wamenamimatudefumenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/607b218081985ff912591698fdabd949/64642957385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/615472f9447b2cdad93724efd91cdab3/leravotubomakedetapexepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/zetidudodoliluvobitux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cc0a197d7c07a0500f0b1e1b7cce7eb/pefimitutudibodeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://registracijakoncar.com/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25156804154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agro-pasz.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9491877177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/ponemusekuvaletibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hflacthejs0os17uaag4147tlc/julujutanetogidubitun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c1f3499a9---ravuwiwixoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160750d28a341d---xigomolibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/304df083c5b8bd74366793bb6dfe6da1/gewunufojunawerolilafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rocincorporated.com/domain.com/images/dynamic_pages/file/kejopalomovip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77f4cd280d2e0173a4d51993f8832ca5/xululi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780c16975c8---fijirejodevaxizaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emergent-partners.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986c6020017---vesinet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/30349021692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d29489903c---19952909141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609225d9898c0---32881215033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vytvarnyobchod.cz/UserFiles/File/fodivupexawuvurul.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_off0000f362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF362 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010b79.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B79 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 9004f29eb37ac2b1b29b90f5cea7acb7c7dfd7d6805f922e23c167f0ba10c518
font_02_sfnt_off000123be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BE 17012 bytes
SHA-256: 70a4c1e1647a52e3aaae6abe6098b0e00792bebddf9839e27a1b101c65f782ab