Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f996fe3c388cb2b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 20:13:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: e33fb11da66f497ffaa75f4e81cd2e8e SHA-1: 76521da94df45c510b07f813ebd0c574a2a7eadd SHA-256: f996fe3c388cb2b2bfd38552b78ade0e21c9b97578ed3b72cd1a9604f4350c2e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Numerous heuristics identified the PDF as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://mytalk7.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/bizotof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://daiichilogistics.com/uploads/news_file/rodojiwotal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/36726470004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/79807397779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7950e05edc---buxaravonavetax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4ed11d4001---64676629265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757bdae06c5---revutalubot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8c88febab206c91e325f851b6892d33/35153649341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toeicspeaking.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/73904303363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaplains-camps.org/upload_picture/file/zebutuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perles-del-beya.com/userfiles/file/90202499435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db04498d57---91383564502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40d7860938397b1f7e8615e5e6767f7f/suwudomawogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3c3fd659c7707d3806b02f59c95760b/13440071789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/gekevumebubexiguserevofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dentaltaxpros.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a16973d6bc3f5d3350bf837d41ec3d54/kuvumobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/22823018833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/49638085789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/962a007ef55399a450fb5a4671bb735f/60398632954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc03b7d837e---71853735028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d5f6cc79f9e2c6f4f84e7f852587494/nimetezetesatagowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881ff22857f---gigelewitosasigosixupipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff14eec4ca4d1b87f9cc58041d753f04/52561460586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://on-video.com/movies/movie_data/file/nonemilomomadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=environmental+impact+assessment+report+malaysiaPDF 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_off0000f559.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF559 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010d6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D6B 16800 bytes
SHA-256: 366fcfe4f778bf9cf2121911ccdd30de1ccb966141a764f4c82923ee708f9796
font_02_sfnt_off000138fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138FD 10696 bytes
SHA-256: c70eddbcec4af90c67023f50837309553e0a441d635aa4ea2678f0ecafd5212c