Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ceadea5fe027ff5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:18:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 4a87656d70079c6b69e2f9feaa910af2 SHA-1: 69691fefffeb74d7582971819fdca8e28c0d062f SHA-256: ceadea5fe027ff5cc341d722517a19ac982219aa8bf216f986789f029a0977d3
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristic strongly suggest it's part of a phishing or malware distribution chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607288f7054a3---97879608407.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/fijoxudomumivuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c20a416429---61792895134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pablohernandes.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/302be482b47c0fbe77d1fbd93c4b0f73/43074975370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expo-hotel.com/english/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d039bd9bc7d---kenofaxowamemabililevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5hsdllrucbksj564loamcevc2/41322111399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83d46kg4lon7l20l64t17ucg1q/natamuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/060fe2de7d9eefdaca487885dc86067b/4161314585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/rodogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd399031658---90623203544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dbbdf8b7ef---11945459675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://envida-nieuws.nl/bsb_website/upload_fck/file/pisofonudebufeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af7d69cf678---71178335668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c504a716a93---fupuzazapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b550a4604d---siwumuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60e15acbcf4713b7843943c0c4c6c8fb/zoxar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnhaduong.com/images/uploads/files/jetadenijirirukipoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c39adbf3174---rumowakopamida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9bof4ld55s7da3llqbpi2oorj4/givudabedagabaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/usr95i37foj2urva8anp37632p/taluvam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgfglet2dkc2p49m52pqic2br1/50897454434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rvakpmbastanaa2th9gb0i4qg3/demedebebefunemud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e50d4d8511983d17f6b3fe814d867cdc/gosutiponumojugego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eastendmediation.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/sevatulavesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d25d0d52742---zomovesexuzipivufomaxidom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/rarupatononitet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=sample+paper+of+punjabi+class+10+cbse+2020+with+solutionsPDF 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_off0000ef02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010719.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10719 11572 bytes
SHA-256: ee11f4a06e8636915570e10bbf9d2848c7e55f66bbab5c2bbaaf727eb1dca16c
font_02_sfnt_off00012231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12231 16840 bytes
SHA-256: ed25b1a43c9346ddfcaa42a00e1e14c1a850c5341a4218395854d542f77cc4e9