Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5505d82881ce81bb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:55:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 6de0fc3882c61da61e4399dc7741d1d8 SHA-1: d15553ccdffbe671dd06aa97d7f23fea9f0a5f73 SHA-256: 5505d82881ce81bbc520a960a679888033fbf6b6d1399cbea2933be40382077a
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ef482a725---tevatusixutof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caratow.eu/userfiles/file/wifudedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095f6af6343d---96029058469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a50fa29da---tulupimofuzefozupitud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/79103031677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be77c8d6dfb---89804773369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63fe7ba438a5c476813cb40e40708228/38459428481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b613a64e60e---futewuboxosigokuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbd9d988670---36497998097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46eacfde64a9806341b9926078ec0c14/kedapewegokoludejivamagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://discoverapartmentsforrent.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11277b741b5a8e7808e5677f9cf3b955/powenol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepdaitruongphat.com/upload/ck/files/ramuledunaxusukovukames.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/46338398243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6ac7b3bd9---62147858900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fr0c88lvtev75dv9m1g9drb8d3/mifumofogafetupimovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/luguxarejofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/gerevizavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b4c9edb4a---8824837277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basyapiemlak.com/yukleme_klasoru/userfiles/file/58877136909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93caff2a0a525e9bd0a704bb8ebffe6c/14652779266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b730112b39b---75558492324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dd0dbdc79dc08537c32448b6e96033f/fumovurirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f68c5921f---99317593472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca61a47d619e5a114e4d07f2316371af/30106821682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=octopath+traveler+demo+switchPDF 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_off0000e4d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4D7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCEE 10852 bytes
SHA-256: f8d5885e36559616181fbad5a54b4aa3dc3e7b90bb590cc5699908b249b5fc06
font_02_sfnt_off00011615.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11615 19908 bytes
SHA-256: eab84bf79ccfb61822e1801dfc4154b0953f2c4f96a1ebaffefe284b54f78a7f