Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cc7a16c5256a46cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-06-26 22:01:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 42887b7e344edfa215b2743ff4c7f550 SHA-1: d555e4fbb3746dd98a6eef3dd9aa2ab46e68c1fe SHA-256: cc7a16c5256a46cdcad4a9b2930dfef89f4cedd1d9456a1874678a1b35ecf271
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics further supports this, indicating the PDF is used to distribute links hosted on potentially compromised infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41d631e37cecdaccb46e400e149c96b1/1152424369.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chrisdepanneservices.fr/Sites/cds/files/suwopipofujejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/peselr57tuhioq1je363ttlq64/48943487740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://videoacceso.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9a7421588b---6783692825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalyna.ua/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/5227250301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a380049ab1dca0a11649390ca9cf37b/3959133633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rufejuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1fffc1173c---revidebakarobodesofeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c47fff0161c225a571fd378c96e9e15/zaloribodigobed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e0eaaf784---sigelivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/354e1c348eae12954b5b53a80b212fd8/70642105104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coachtourbusrental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e11af0803---tosatosuxadox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba912ce64e5---18903255982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/userfiles/file/88752249216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takiminsahada.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ikt5s5c9fuj2ni8boc9g0t3fr5/65914497330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/bejevodaxujon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16e980cf99---5829464508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d19d5d0cf22---ginasewuboxikukewovosij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orbitsecurity.qa/pro_mvp_tech/uploads/file/larujazigiwisoziwezejen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/932288311e1dfca2175723aae40066b5/54718948337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logo4you.dk/userfiles/file/55100819381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mastrodibaglio.it/userfiles/files/xezob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a45fde075dfa2adc1c1990c451976d86/17758988587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1cf19784ac---fefivetakemolin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=answers+without+questionsPDF 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_off0000fc4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC4D 10312 bytes
SHA-256: c8c4fbb69934a32ccfdbf22d62d9e444cfdb1f88f90415b76347ce337d8e7c2d
font_01_sfnt_off0001139e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1139E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB0 17288 bytes
SHA-256: 7f4c9d682ac618e6694edba01f6559195fa8b4b602cc15d9c22e057dbb9dcd52