Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f93fb38b31745fb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.7 KB Created: 2021-07-05 22:01:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 76ed2666dccebe128df66efab05b7860 SHA-1: 4b11a724dcc5a5399726e7bc7cc575e8a67b44ef SHA-256: f93fb38b31745fb1d6668a5518352d55f51129b54f85805c0976ae95110b09fa
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination of the user's click. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8a56d682a---79176939145.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ipcare.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/viu9j4t2pmbm5in2iv9p9b8hko/tasemarodufumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/porinetimefotaguket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19556054ec---xuletanulajexejamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubberia.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pirisapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904e66143cd---19151029363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9f3c3ecbfaeb40f061b3f716dc82816/75905508007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stonebuild.bg/f/uploads/files/sedoxopegufenafapugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiogreenwich.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49f06947a29469d19e76ec21cd393251/woketidajinagezikif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/piwigibenote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/29297132240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606decffd17ba---29724072171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/33348789315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796e1f84b5e---53940584310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0809e0042---jebinumuwoxulaginujefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74q9d9r9emunh4fv1i0p5ana01/lejopupukefokigenaguvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/golakomasozubep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c54a0299b19---filor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210522162168317768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aac90be05ac---rowozedikimugatopuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exclusivelimoservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwedewezukagorupobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/37010334744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b0b6d9eec---796959706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f00435632---59260157499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a283cbfceb23b36bdf737a3913f6da26/zigomokarunenaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021062017524873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/waxobajebanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=general+knowledge+malayalam+quiz+questions+and+answersPDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000104e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011cf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CF7 11228 bytes
SHA-256: be8b4642ccc20397bb936c6d279ea9732e5bafef8b33c375ee144a7d11819d7a
font_02_sfnt_off000136dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136DD 17428 bytes
SHA-256: 21303effdf2a1eb4361e2631ce0cb4e9c946cfec232fc1c068618aaab52601be