Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdabed714928d122…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 19:13:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: d8cb09af6011d96227319a7c1a7ee27d SHA-1: 6d5d1dcbe5be6d20c77ff3de41158c4ee61e5aa2 SHA-256: bdabed714928d12298f8af121fd54cb806cc5349b30f36704b732d562cd939b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution through these links. The file's structure and numerous external URIs are consistent with a malicious link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a11eefb0c08---welulirof.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160747d2e34127---58719278666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://copingconversations.com/userfiles/file/18336638712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607317e25a373---woxidiwenefexoxigovalozem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/97890355394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b7787336001bfa7fccb0707ed4e81dd/vukosamevadifukifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/matubagopokijizijezifusij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carrentchiengmai.com/files/43589914665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/217375c133b543e61d6fb3efb29504df/rubujokopapakinota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/33597638370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r67jjrs9qr4cun4nhgkbgm82v6/14681079235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinag7furniture.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/58023993032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.es/upload/tezulagulopen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/028cb5a33718407b23b53849d1a97ca6/24198836961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f673bcc880---jixatonejesedebuvibegus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thrifty-uy.com/files/others/suwasapokodelolopur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argyler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073561bd17a6---16840090809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f70727942e---batixofejuxoripuvokovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/kavufamowetazepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ec13a6fdf---43898447567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160918a7d3476f---viroziniki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=hot+flashes+in+the+morningPDF 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_off000109d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109D2 10652 bytes
SHA-256: 827eb919cbe72b931548124776561e8edc8dbac86be6091cc45804f52ecc9415
font_01_sfnt_off000121f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013a0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A0B 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 5e4502f5bf65d965d1cf42a24bf8b1a1dd06a42e669805624df3f99c981092d5