Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d3aebb4d79233f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 08:43:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5b84b904e58ae304c748badabf983b48 SHA-1: e4338a43fcf729c39ffd4cf91bc412c65c550c16 SHA-256: 1d3aebb4d79233f4ede01b51f2ead2909fab2eef83ebec1c0b28d68b88568791
104 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure indicate a likely intent to redirect users to download potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

Heuristics 6

  • 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 http://phrabat.net/UserFiles/File/90634422530.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://niestachow.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/18238560621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-25/20210525070631617042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilieroccasion.fr/uploads/file/27742545770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liccuza.ro/stiri_files/file/titig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thucphamtruongxanh.com/Upload/files/94638743096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077563a0334d---legosuzejovuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d2fc94a56881d862811f4dda450eb6d/21050480574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transfertrolley.cn/d/files/nadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suncitygroup.ir/basefile/suncitygroupir/files/rowabizawagusax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/kipopenudusemivitumurus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a6403e646905f280d04f4c0f189f1ec/37745412411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arc-en-cielproduce.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70878836847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c4bc6f2b1---zutogojabobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fed7fbb023---71047844277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://engroupe.ca/aym_image/files/42930467864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160730d19ab3c8---zemuzux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acfb9f527f6---60221959766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/jagepuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f7dc9bbf4c56ec1a990c28c3b06fdab/47873458845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d4a56562f---74470332037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32a764025b7ebb6d09136b43a97d3afb/75410117690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b9ede2cb00---35959127453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c151k8lh4jbjv25foqad069eih/kodefagal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075455c78a25---14957288318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/vowiwewur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ntpsa3j4p53598k633a1g1ni3/87037270715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=great+writing+5+5th+edition+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000e5d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5D6 10948 bytes
SHA-256: 472774f629d7f6206c242965f3505d4dc07974602ac6077141f70433eba9da3b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff1c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF1C 18256 bytes
SHA-256: 408e7217ae71a619079ca23c2bce8f5faf90bcffd2cb1f61bb138f51709213a1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C8D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1