Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a68bf7511def669e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 04:49:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 4f6d23dad1e4178716b9b91a7137271b SHA-1: 7c563c061cb3741cdae502d05451b85cf2df3aec SHA-256: a68bf7511def669eb1959d2c944a8d96e21ca7d29f9c2662a4d14e7f8c31d26c
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV and ML classifiers, containing numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The PDF's structure and embedded links suggest it functions as a link farm, likely directing users to phishing sites or further malware downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the overall detection profile strongly indicate a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+birth+of+the+modern+world+bayly+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/83074187971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e231af26ebf7ce3a15bcdc2202c56180/susogutagebusawamezep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c924a3115e4---jovaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.greenbriarpropmgmt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/911d8fb0fec37cdab7fbbcf8da813960/sotorosuzidalixilelofar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immobilgold.com/file/8234658333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a10d2abcb6d---guzuwibukapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.dk/upload/46775728499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098940516481---sipugaziburev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bca3fe94fe2df37d98f4c586d9de4fb5/kutuxetasukidatatukasawaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/fevewere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visit-pune.com/userfiles/file/nagitilufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed900c42a7daa425c1a3e34fd9fc6fc0/69835307711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083de72d9c71---31968233086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a8d560f782---faposano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d11ad99823e61040fea9ac5ffe2fe6/xuvirifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a81343bd53---88849045740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwstationery.com/files/file/fupevupetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160854bced0e43---90081682410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609251bd7ca32---64645591027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/79677816973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/doxozoragigibegonejarim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off000126a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126A2 10896 bytes
SHA-256: 444bbbd5e47b8b4a9dc1260823a839bf0f6c5de3986da11fa8f3a3f3b1446f4f
font_01_sfnt_off00013f7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015791.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15791 18076 bytes
SHA-256: ecd9445bd7e8f8d680b37e2683769d80186b50b4569f68e04f3647317bf56962