Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e7ef4239f8d90dc9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.6 KB Created: 2021-06-19 11:58:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 1ee4e7627614716dd2dc2ce726bf84e6 SHA-1: bda3b5116f9d13476466cd0a6f2341599c60d8e3 SHA-256: e7ef4239f8d90dc9143a7c087e60b9c65108e9726e97a64c84e508c106a8b577
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting it's used to host and distribute malicious files. The embedded URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, further support this, likely serving as lures for users seeking specific downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8553

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://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmpd49s9prf21nqpjop4n2u6g5/95885662323.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8949f84db0---fadozumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859dfbb8ffb---nipumijelajajoroget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/xukizib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fe1638633de99c5d3256e41bef3c3ad/75897622762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/925f2f05e6e324273b7cce0670b4b97f/batizixome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/tuxaxowulorinakejuluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c02f58b0605---43037157317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/13367352266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721d7901dd1---nutezemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxmarketing.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vqeh7rvtjom0bbll26bf8v2ti/dofosizolusiwifulupuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608de06e121ac---31147987967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/nupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83c1791f47---23742429325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7226d76f7---tamibasamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb5a392f9965b18f146ad55cd1f524ef/nufogokekipitimobozemimel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=avee+player+premium+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCA6 5168 bytes
SHA-256: ffe097c98bf529d95f66a66c70190be8d9d2edeb3a9c35355d48d090b5048abd