Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f0c9eb9300084614…

MALICIOUS

PDF

488.9 KB Created: 2022-03-06 03:35:55 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-04-05
MD5: 7e29abcb869a6dc0a78d54dc10bf69df SHA-1: 9341c5f04e70f37adcaafd78aeb120d88c31fc9c SHA-256: f0c9eb9300084614a8cc4864fad7354933a4a565b86c4f25465e68a52058963f
136 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it uses an image lure linking to an SEO redirector, disguised as a 'business plan proposal powerpoint template', to trick users into downloading the malicious PDF. The embedded URLs and the document body text consist of numerous links to various PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing campaign aimed at distributing malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4974

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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://podar.co.za/XSRYdR1H?utm_term=business+plan+proposal+powerpoint+template PDF link annotation
    • http://agavietnam.com/img/files/begulaburevuzifetiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.77ice.com/upload/files/76886218214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interstyle.org/content/xuploadimages/file/ziwekefak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://numismatika-nbkpdy.cz/userfiles/file/11094098304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/542dffbf72253a7da48640fa0e6c5b0b/23694720298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlalwar.com/userfiles/file/48548497853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benetworkingpro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/numodumawasisivetix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bcbc3399.com/upload/files/zeloxinapunuwupub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gagasanriau.com/a450d92cb6be01b3b3669c18bfca7901/kcfinder/upload/files/lapiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hladiagnostico.com.br/kcfinder/upload/files/69569905355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erdelyironkbutor.hu/admin/kcfinder/upload/files/ganuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://helicopterleasingservices.com/userfiles/files/bawulafodekokiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/fetajiwejavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaadalagi.com/contents/files/japejedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiecarriere.it/uploads/file/85296318001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16201a2da74af8---6672760659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/162208ea3d30a1---81315051503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorrainezammit.com/files/file/kenemevaxopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16223df8ac451a---91030214138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tiger-security.net/webroot/upload/files/powov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feng-shuiworld.com/userfiles/file/74539453210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletvital.hu/uploads/files/41910933952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matharu.ae/userfiles/file/ponoturipes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1621a92cdc9597---sitariluxopijuxigimufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonbodepsg.com/uploads/files/rajusigepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/13334434557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoya.mobioptika.hr/UserFiles/file/72209640214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bsff.com/kcfinder/upload/files/bifofemazunis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepsima.biz/files/file/81748763159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kesherisrael.com/uploadEditor/files/puwub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16711009249c12664e2a7839bf0614b3/xipobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dptech.vn/uploads/files/gasejejexipuperefapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://londonjip.com/userData/board/file/38008348028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://panoramabyty.cz/content/topuzuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sd-olimp.hr/files/83202585469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdobson-new.simplywebeditor.com/site-uploads/gabesukaxibuwumej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaktutzhit.by/uploads/files/simogetekudonaretapadan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nasikampung.info/contents/files/gukugonerix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0965818789.com/CKEdit/upload/files/navojimewibipovebufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turksebruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/rilajuwuzato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/2215432375.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 extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off0007358a.bin)
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off0007358a.bin)

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0007358a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7358A 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 8bf207401bb61b213b3ffb55e75f0662341249de6db675c5468132826dc49292
font_01_sfnt_off00074dff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74DFF 17792 bytes
SHA-256: 30ec992717946c88e98a025754d60d93f4c5910a08daee8e44f7967fb7b02545
font_02_sfnt_off00077c44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x77C44 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 924ad5cb737cfd9a34472b2046831991df4d3950e5f0d7b552a18309318c2ee9