Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d372d2cce2169d77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:33:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: e49a430814720e453e1361f05d2b617b SHA-1: ccfc263e17c3626aadb69ea2274a15cbd6adc71d SHA-256: d372d2cce2169d77413a7ccdc7c54231679ad68ffcb9bf658999d34bcdfc6dc9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a downloader or redirector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090d69a4f159---47758931525.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/vezutebubiganesarigosana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfa1srvu2m0pc87iqp2vtv7or5/mokalofitaxomugopitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toddfamilyreunion.com/clients/4/48/482e924d5a052aa4a0c13eb8a30e0bc8/File/84880755157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carlojans.com/cms/file/dodirov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984f938fbc0---fuvenobazinegumesigowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voolabs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897ae09e51a---2943385959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b063703cacc---gugekizesew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/74695479522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/kezabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netshopnepal.com/userfiles/file/xotejimusotijules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083486cccaf4---18452599058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/zokikepejaravoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/80449109648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841ed0d5e59---79587777318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ffdaa2b26a---lebodanuvebewupolizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965a6e44338---84241124057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ekc5t0ur52rno75174qr7ppmep/23457407812.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traveltimevipp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0c5bff613e7ea7f0753ae9bf077f917/zaparidapon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doubletroubels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a65fb45235---lowevoxedoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01618572e784a4996982c618e5587d8e/nimoxitafagexamolewufax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbkglhj4po14kqufua3kerkask/kurogajakesem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/71006918847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sp-pir.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/026a421331dd8fc356e8e8b0ea4b5f3d/30472038413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rjbmachinery.com/d/files/vexegimaxagaganiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://performanceltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0136b323676cd990b87324965c7b09ec/16741354174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=cryptography+and+network+security+lab+manual+jntuhPDF 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_off0000f8e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E2 17676 bytes
SHA-256: 4e9fff2acc24d0019c6783704a3fa154128c894ce054024dda14c2782a791db5
font_01_sfnt_off000126d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013eec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EEC 11656 bytes
SHA-256: 0f1322415141c1e2c152f9be2790eb9721c3b3d2623b77dacd98e32a1bcbf3b7