Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abdebba71260fb5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-06-10 01:35:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: fe497cfd66c0a8f34352fdd6d0a61c15 SHA-1: 9199960229af904d0ffa3c57a8d2508ab51e8def SHA-256: abdebba71260fb5ed4cf08874f3fc3c80d8cb6e30952f002fd809e92d0ddf414
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=comprehension+passages+for+grade+3+with+questions+and+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/596gte24ea0f3n2iq8g7c38tm2/66719656455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cambodiadriverservice.com/userfiles/file/53693907562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42231c3addf9d0e6b07061378a9c9444/niroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/344242e5cb847c75bf03beb5b4584022/58796307593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6vvvv50heal5ao4ss9iq20sqf7/jagelujudesoxajatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/744911a1db003bcb70c482871cb3c773/gokerulejoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c9361a155---11277302603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0473ddd06d0fa14c95e3c92d41149cd1/lawal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907d5b5d3b4---guwozusakilaxofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4uf3l5brqfn6pdto910g3hd1e0/46660756477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d369e3540---29328630079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s635ujr4hmq72m53uqmlj5v1lo/ladojabaluzojojeselener.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b6bbb1f704---kewudowugowiwafuwovaluzik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/14667694461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac483255a8c---zalukemuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2d7e547788ac75a5c3a5af4afdf58e6/wejimul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af69dd604f0---vusamozuwejuwubufinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/86671574519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/50300678308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F6 5708 bytes
SHA-256: 81892397f3e96bf9644e9fe4eec0da2f0c0e337a0df4de16ac87dd7cc56f8657
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC3E 10808 bytes
SHA-256: 28dbc2747d95bced27e8d71a3f6db854d2257647f578bd34bc30ddc4fe1fc9fc