Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f97a0675f6cb5be4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-10 14:11:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: aeaf4959933ba6c35cb12f38c3440a2f SHA-1: 3a2bb1be92c5082df4c125497098483a08a040da SHA-256: f97a0675f6cb5be48bcd24624d8b7673a2ce7262734bf43ab3f9543470e833b0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing further malware or leading users to phishing pages. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • 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
  • 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.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b530cb947a8---tuvugolomoderewadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8c80206251---36856531631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0124e174c3---67975655451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feast.to/upd_file/sexere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d267bb3d9f---98903401877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a0e2ea193---jazev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bfc8cad928df129d7fe2cb9869fbdd1/piwonifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://candbco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/woxojapafej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160906f347c0d1---xigesitem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalderini.it/userfiles/files/86454497678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14faae02cfa95783ac2d212dac87d3c4/29951408074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b883742e74a---badudavulafemegesez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/168242d49f255818c771e4bd2b56435e/gaxagosir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c181f7e0b0b---jidafibajovuzujexeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almondzwealth.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/dipasajonudita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e5eb69d2c---xosejovitidudilitinoxetes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac08a323ae6b52eacec0b17070627562/kugekixajixap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/10143360730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/kunobowidubodukuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slstudio.it/userfiles/files/25691030483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizhkj.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512080851377420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/93361075296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/5597401677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e00776573---kulinufenolukepegupunik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=for+sale+by+owner+counter+offer+formPDF 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_off0000ed2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED2C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001053e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1053E 16728 bytes
SHA-256: 6a72f2a8c6270848c92b54c2d7d473baf6d2f551c01362169461862e29024bf7
font_02_sfnt_off000130a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130A9 10824 bytes
SHA-256: caad6e7ca39fce6315992c84feadc0b81dc5b86a7de43f3bb46caff3043df6ae