Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 355af4d5a5b6173f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 18:23:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 4959013bdf213f4ee66c73e8f9331f6c SHA-1: 3527eb72d2a4b748d1e12d654e47a8ee5c2304d2 SHA-256: 355af4d5a5b6173ffb1b5c08ce66e47a663f676754fb7123103b29459847e6c6
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to manipulate search results or distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9819

Heuristics 5

  • 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.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19q6rlm0arucoo1egsfnqv9nnh/40991509245.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ergo-logo-bamberg.de/userfiles/file/zodugoxapoladetelejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b0d5a448f9---54861607182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sport-konyv.hu/userfiles/file/6501482143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/66290172733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/22486770121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/23a22be794db9aa7f762652b752d7865/58849818269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yds-wcv.jp/free_images/files/xamoduxebanetiserebejipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/vilutotazozuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af8623fa3f---28904176956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9f2d3fc2bc1bf99e20b1c9d0589c861/11825004427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprilboya.com/userfiles/file/zaraxejilezesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae8039ee60b---masite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/449294048fcafd69c74ecca1a99a4e35/69399933143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c33a8b0231720913dd4ddc6d049e795d/93159529801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/20375204724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e81b9d178fc4e481e468f6baaa70abba/wetadavebutibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3e76c465fa7f4969fdac83192bfaaa5/lamagegimokesewozabuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ba50907bdad285f7fc944d0f2325b7c/59019643425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afb5fec8274a12c2977d519e805bcb53/85644439175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaskinfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b798c9f9e2af69c3a5b950a06e4ade8e/File/71678689984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/kigaxote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-mineral.com/uploadfile/file/2021061904462392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coopmong.com/ckupload/files/nazusuwidudedezelezijar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chefinhogourmet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f65d53b9fb0278e860d612652d0283ab/25170433279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc4bbd0bc1---tuvukakoxazuteme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sbob47lo2lc9qtpdcarlfd5gk7/medufapifuwukidevujij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://open-call.fr/uploaded/files/94371677512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=materials+science+and+engineering+9th+solutionPDF 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_off0000ecc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC9 17652 bytes
SHA-256: 9115ac6366c15504d169ed648f588fa12dcb17f8ea57398e7296f8f294d0efad
font_01_sfnt_off00011b36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B36 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001334d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1334D 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 2dc1774ad71f7afd3098b9f3a3790b6ccd906695ee238b78db591ef483581395