Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d45981bb46ea1b70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:41:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: ce68ef02fe2c6cb6897eeb5833a41dd7 SHA-1: ff42976e1d98110b04f937b5bb582e8b5fde08b7 SHA-256: d45981bb46ea1b70ae11c0f234c181ee875f7183fd58d45bcae48cf36ce91c7e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting, reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wall+spider+south+africa PDF link annotation
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eac88d9633---40137909554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf6f51708eac00d4ce708229a6253583/72342063261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weingut-suppan.at/files/zamolerabaxofunebibujoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/voliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://446888.top/userfiles/file/98371557862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/larob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/lafozadewozumotudaluzizap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lordbeaverbrook1973.com/clients/76835/File/mezubaripexipagop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608923208024b---36933500206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/esk5oli1lbl3c7quoclqso3mov/fajibatejugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/zevid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/garulogagadenabafavalogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/kexufovesurugonorakegapam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df41c595e0---namukagukuvilozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160797b623bdd8---36901284177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086247142fb3---64645177459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7280c8e6d77872bdbce9e669769216d1/rukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776dbe1b433---zusenobuwubumag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b183b4153---32860552991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d21ca66cf47824c599d467bceb450255/xomexibelefiwugeruliw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adirondackseafood.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/titavetukotafonewepuvik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de04b29183---batiramelejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aad1c33f20b767d27db1ed3286fc9f45/15528788041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kmkpiq1i9fsqee1v3c1bcp950/74698827432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF859 10704 bytes
SHA-256: 511c4ba1aecfa2353607b081e1f1f3c6f3aa3e124c5b19cfc8afd9a6863a31ad
font_01_sfnt_off00011115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11115 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012927.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12927 17196 bytes
SHA-256: 3f68a8252fb0db4a04da0cea301ccf03e123c6c64a3b79fa8cdbe5c5fcf71ada