Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dbd4ee0c03c1c809…

MALICIOUS

PDF

107.2 KB Created: 2021-07-07 00:46:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: da8be63699736f576c59ef8e72e93445 SHA-1: 9c3b5d173fe4a6a46125ba2536a1e00771785813 SHA-256: dbd4ee0c03c1c809929791486174d0cfdfef5efbc8e92dbdab29d9ed1af89c5e
96 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the embedded links suggests it is likely used to distribute further malicious content or for SEO spam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9797

Heuristics 5

  • 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 http://imcborivali.org/userfiles/file/nifavemefibufuwizama.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cff4c8fd7---fipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cortopolis.ar/userfiles/file/leduvebanowibawilapukured.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/827404eada10cd53646517001b58bafb/gukapukexesonexiwabavozar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/13319838702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3cbf62fe8e---towivukewinajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097d26877666---96077839484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/33270157519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/raxobepegomefapewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f73d3da04b03b5322f872c1cf97842c/46040688602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apsco.ly/userfiles/files/waseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/metuvumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaeximworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c65e5a009---tonubaxarili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b91dckjo5fv9q3rgia22ecu3dl/32655657790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d931a0d138e83b14c6a58fca32645348/31764608281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cffd67567f---56034896842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0ae24d0cf4f130a9296a87121741faa/31560920854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160705451e9f5b---20345511474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmore.kr/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/mokagejelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.areatransfers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db6963de68---xemilofefufopinukol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cae30664aa---84860813155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05d956a90cbbbbb72ea5098c9b12c1b0/26311531067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietkewebseo.com/webroot/img/files/9920875599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d58438745f53ab9f1329f40e8a866eb7/mosalume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trustarshida.co/cache/fck_files/file/10493281771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079abe4c5603---gimiwalubunevaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=free+boobs+moviesPDF 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_off00013f62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F62 10040 bytes
SHA-256: aebc543e960455d8d9ea2de2ffb3a0e81bffeeb555e6acd303b80560b515e928
font_01_sfnt_off000155b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x155B9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016dcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16DCB 18764 bytes
SHA-256: b2575a713f15d53c99a8a50e346f2fce97d4072825e9f60f802dfd6139f39542