Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52de93951c8027a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:26:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 00c0dbf0714321433bb87b6f9afceaaf SHA-1: 95f5fcbfa89152cfa7485f4ec8518d5c30bf86e4 SHA-256: 52de93951c8027a42570f542432f4f68c22be01b3099e598e4bb715608a978c5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of multiple distinct hosts and the use of form-builder plugins for file uploads suggest an attempt to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c850e0aea78---karolugubisofebakanigu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://porpora.info/imagenes/imagenes_contenidos///xarewejabosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/divuwobedeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9t2ffqb1aajsigtsj9v8tbup2n/samajilenovivemefisokowus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45fe5b31f8706af2c92fbf23e4ea77ce/kenogikojoziwifujijusik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/kinepalikaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af44a807389391fbe3d5dc0914774723/pekalila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3luv69lqko2pehfjdu5nqtiok/54750526365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4928ed12f7---18797106766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095de6412569---rumale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yavuzselimvakfi.org/resimler/site/files/5706537209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.combatsim.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca0816c2b44---34845461311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070adfee75a4---73160578960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28b334688d---riligabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gcnck8g3j521m10qr9abqq24jm/77226918813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b50dcce67---1818912163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkqi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607838e9c67be---bafokigemikipedefizajivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68f79d3e96395ca3dfb779c0300a7873/41586695889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.segurosfacility.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c26bceb29---5769506638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/sibojoxabunarajabikekeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyunbulsa.org/~ewedd2/userfiles/file/3354907898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16077f0bb02e8a---wovefowinulotagot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/kikudedufozopajopup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160709f04ed648---nefidagogubupaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afcc19124673b3a166027f24f29c64d0/34987557316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bushregenerators.biz/userfiles/files/24500388355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=joint+distribution+conditional+probability+examplesPDF 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_off0000ef33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF33 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010745.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10745 18316 bytes
SHA-256: cfd33f7be231cfad65bdde55b23ba89aa4190cf8c91a1277fd6af6c03bff268f
font_02_sfnt_off00013814.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13814 11124 bytes
SHA-256: 2129cdad84808c986a6c6a639c323f4eded5cbcf7d62bf83096b1624c3d30715