Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2d79d5f800e4dd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 04:27:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: ccc25669d1ea392eb5fc11fa109b83d1 SHA-1: c72357a73b62162f2eb1d5a4217e5fc024f95364 SHA-256: d2d79d5f800e4dd18e3c2f8c8bf1f4477618013be4a91bb5dc7011c4ec2a57ba
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The presence of numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to WordPress plugin vulnerabilities, suggests an attempt to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4b8341360b6f3438866cab05e357d75/84583442455.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chanakyaaerospacedefence.com/userfiles/file/10327457120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bacc7e5748e---rodewagasofasifosumabeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sillajen.com/fckeditor/_upload/file/82468423321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210625022153_2043709227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/94820559064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtualcharityevents.com/vce_cake/files/files/jumarinuwepodezav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2e3fd414485ab16a501ced8a66698ac1/30268430077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nanodrywash.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca482d15a9b---pavareju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa13f58ea7---14184019107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuvuongcorp.com/luutru/files/36985660103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c00a5bdcc---82401891877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/judonewupap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/71110928168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtaky.sk/media/file/80271137588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5bd74cde42---lasulubupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poldercuptrofee.nl/site/admin/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/81290646377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c9b0905bf97090b08dc3e83f36d971d/somax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d70d1df52aa9c14d80f16eeb5f84a4dc/kezuzavagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/ginetobadazixupazapona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/76868773718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/todojipurupofedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lacasedescaraibes.fr/file/kajujamerul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/51196363586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alimentosldm.com/userfiles/file/boresaposuwezuzubekefubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=systems+thinking+means+that+an+individual+seesPDF 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_off0000f526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF526 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 7a47bee34cf9a1211f0da62fe30d94f306cfe1ca20572f59d0650005ebc18b70
font_01_sfnt_off00012134.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12134 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 469c18675cafd085023ac9de1176c17b9f0586e1fc826c6fde0394b71db4ce78
font_02_sfnt_off00013a28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1