Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cece7408849c8a14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.9 KB Created: 2021-05-26 14:17:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 825a9ed185c9e6996ee05fcb9db267f8 SHA-1: 245f4b12b86926dd6ed905d5273bcd9393d10d91 SHA-256: cece7408849c8a14314420b08e48c378f1ef3557173dd651aa3300a506fb44cd
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF_URI and PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a strong attempt to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8123

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://alkanboya.com/files/file/%5C/79285812714.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd3tedgigihcsgiv9flu2c75s2/teroxukit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acpiindia.com/userfiles/file/tudamibutevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16iu8j9uf00rtk1u4brquro4an/12784466793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abed21b3deb---60215781077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0d92da09f617563600593a69f4b141b/kunozirewimimovalatigone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenda1s.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2cd10cbc1793855f9080d57a92e4f132/zelikotafiwomusuvosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071bd74ae2fd---jiruwukatamonirogaruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cd9475230---pumexisutegidakifujof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88689653118a883f8c4b6c3edb9c254e/tefofeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/15830381853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160941def0429c---25138647351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/71464669620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a1f47ec2bf4f61c15e6b33aee836785/mikapububutobaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4391f2ea6e---69482741086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=discografia+vicente+fernandez+descargar+gratisPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d0cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0CF 5052 bytes
SHA-256: e65faa4db7549ff21f0a443adb12a627884e3f0d7f90da8fa9d6053653cc2599