Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 648b53da81069e83…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.5 KB Created: 2021-06-30 02:43:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 972d80bcaf691b7695b0f3f18647078b SHA-1: 25db4ad80a4a0f4ad2b3e5fddb0afe52665cd2d4 SHA-256: 648b53da81069e835beab517bc299a8b6bdc0ebaee747c0c3e1588ef65f8bfe2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The primary function appears to be acting as a link farm, likely to distribute malware or engage in phishing, rather than delivering a direct exploit.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/064ca505e714cf7c2a8750ecf69ccd31/80448575825.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://peilimineko.com/userfiles/file/96995495508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4b42015aae---fumuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d79a7d08a8---56380123392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applexin.com/ttpsea/files/file/muwuxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9h8a5rsiejv5hmqp6pm1kar30/voluvelog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f770a7ca1f999f50c7705048b5f0303/tedotugofigikedufopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/06/file/72117904114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/dadezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b31970d1f24---tewimafovanamidezumiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf08228cd13---rofibamix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074921761097---32390506639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5b7e8a8c4---napitiduzipapojoxew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/50489139416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sam-global.info/files/file/84335403448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074709f15ac9---29022086242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bliksis.ru/userfiles/file/93833713680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db8e4723337---bobiredigarib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/xirodopexaganid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ce3444108a---nakutimimibevoxuvekuram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e6d0c93da---53630959180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjqzzx.com/uploadfile/file/2021062402462273499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f56a93d4df---baviguzaniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73431433373e92f36413025ecd9233e1/73711202031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=wotlk+arms+warrior+pvpPDF 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_off000176bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x176BB 10412 bytes
SHA-256: 6f8178343d4596b494ba5cd3564accf960ed48283036c3370b6cf307bb76b67b
font_01_sfnt_off00018e65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18E65 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 9bb7857692892eb6c64cb923619968c3bd3d90cc5d07f54c8d0a40e7a5c1bd9a
font_02_sfnt_off0001bf6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BF6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1