Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee3046d35c9cec0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.0 KB Created: 2021-05-31 04:56:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 17ea56810825086c852a9faa4106295a SHA-1: 3a37ed0b3d52ac27aca944f55fc6103ac6b3d2bb SHA-256: ee3046d35c9cec0f5ad0e78d51571eb769bf189324bfe0fc6772e64aa5ff6e95
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this document is part of a phishing campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8040

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 http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1e7a5d7cf---62939197871.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/buwudalujamikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/70096268985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adc4b7d99d6---48815420022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a51b85248bfebf1ad3e03447fc4c2772/toxutuzutinutaxanob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.18fire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff378f8dfaa4dc705675293d0c37d38d/kopabumimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7jopnecdoh19li21f6qao6mq4/jeworuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609854c43b8b6---8419139242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00e6448720---tezebonuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alamansyria.com/userfiles/file/wewap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irinaburmistrova.ru/files/81758641684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wypelnienia.kratex.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ead8d736a0f46a031ad1cdfbee7d9ca0/fagepowifotufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ou4ekqhhuq85p60rqmlhhlo0a8/44541376022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d2ac2332a1c1839506a01dc1471003/zifokuvusuvipureru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/426ge720u4tj4hq0a8ink4uuvd/penazuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6411cdba9427e2327540a64d66af687/zibogorofadigobezes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/watolifomakebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/xakegudimufuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=stickman+soccer+2018+kits+2019%252F20PDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cf4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF4E 5580 bytes
SHA-256: 17865a81ada0e086d1ab5beae722226c91cdf5cf927ff036e987c6a8a52c19eb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e216.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE216 9904 bytes
SHA-256: 03118d7e42e957730ce95c031e5be46604693cdf7ef7140ffad4b107ee173f8e
font_02_sfnt_off0001035d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1035D 4324 bytes
SHA-256: d1f4a20f0e35a0564be54678b929bb8c711862c507f070c2b9a6abea8daf4378