Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f31bdb8c148816c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:03:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: d8d6d7ed419ea6321824d9d6242150c7 SHA-1: ee268679320569149163da664e3efe9216dbb97c SHA-256: f31bdb8c148816c95e186b0e1383ad7e8d2458f9b958cd976934c3b6e54e7a60
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, hosting numerous links on compromised CMS upload directories, likely to distribute malware. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading a secondary payload, potentially via a call-to-action button.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9871

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097bf772bc92ecfb4bdfd8e06d7aa4d6/kafabevomumukajifojaviwi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94708e0750---delibiviwimazudegesunulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f8b6a53ef21ea39dc6c2b2ec3f94a25/sibilukerejova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bm2av7oqkok9632krv4rjf2img/pazunewobuxumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebc83e8373d16df455ecb74e9ab81cd7/tagat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3182289f5437d1b40e3ead2aaa86ca94/miromexevolalugaboxogama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarkstownhs64.com/clients/2/25/255c49a504cbad61718694d8b78dfcdd/File/76695088340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03f63306e3f15da8195029720f85a0b3/73948442158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2928f6774b---radamarokopomoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075dfab25fc8---82060255279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607066fe632cd---xurifudopovalomito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/73539687341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chapmanhighschoolclassof1968.com/clients/c/cb/cb1fed5110c07f199f416a264ee6943c/File/26433415890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc7tep7pq716begqnogrd92c60/sizewavegenamazegun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c1od6jkkvtp50nsjuntoirosc/foneguvabofelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmhu.eu/uploads/uplib/file/31137842224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c30c550ecb---voveniruzawipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a72a8d2b984---rejinoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de0770180e632f4ab827be8593a713a3/96168826313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27fc3c48dc9eb0ef0d5be511e442bad/66359191957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosperitas.be/data/assets/file/pijozeguvewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e397d2e715---mufefikozasalelafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607abf123c4fe---kewiwasodasarezepagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160846fff6718b---2799587663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=pubg+mobile+iso+file+for+ppssppPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000141bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141BF 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 053eeed30e3aefa694a11abd336a988ba23c7c6ce22776d6d1696862251394da
font_01_sfnt_off00015998.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15998 6780 bytes
SHA-256: 64b794a0eb6027e936012a6a864e89fa892fce21686ede89c3c131f65e423c7a
font_02_sfnt_off000171ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x171BA 18768 bytes
SHA-256: 6eef53d4c7a37233a85efc76a229982e20cdcd23f7ab44108b93957fcade35e2
font_03_sfnt_off0001a2e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A2E3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1