Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fbf81fdfe6b47544…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.8 KB Created: 2021-07-15 21:07:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: ce6ace99c463b53f01bba6c53c4d3e0b SHA-1: ef6c9a774bc15a5ca9b121306975b985eaf071fe SHA-256: fbf81fdfe6b47544219c329d70e1b1ee39fc48724d3232faa3122fbb55b03786
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and other PDF files, likely to manipulate search engine rankings or distribute phishing content. The presence of multiple links to disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads further supports its role in malicious distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9803

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://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1baf908fdcac6cec2eae2be75408115c/43151590554.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ciq9n51u7qc406p6f74v5fdsr4/sulovemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56f9010626---vibasogorakedute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumahbaruku.com/contents//files/magobir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jhservice.net/imagenes/galeria/files/rifadiwegujuvepib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731fa710a44---pezomelogatugisugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608974b8a5251---mumutexox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/6932999033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/wuzegazarifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibaquitaine.fr/cebatrama/userfiles/files/boduvavewesivobolasibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marbellamohali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60fb30139791080ac2073fd1510d7d75/27000853183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/nubudulidulefakusubuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/gisimilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whalesart.com/uploadfile/file///2021061116415540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acrgroup.nl/userfiles/file/bipurakobibenupefodaju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gitteszoneklinik.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64091059014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08506ef283aae22ff63527e3d58c55b6/woxalob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vikingmaterials.com/img/vavip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/477709948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://energy-labels.com/userfiles/file/zevedirapob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc1bd4b642abe37e411e88eee64f702e/52847705309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b22dd14fe7---kinapebojep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160873ab40ae03---42222869255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dainichiji.com/upload_ckr/files/77635249478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c21a381685---2854886235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gift-founder.com/archive/upload/files/rotibezorafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=rare+causes+of+hypercalcemiaPDF 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_off0001278f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1278F 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 92d5e1fc4f5719fd209b17626249b56429634e039e8f734409505905b2d59cd5
font_01_sfnt_off00014074.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14074 17332 bytes
SHA-256: b8660ce49aa1d896dfdc1fbfef4a5ee293029445c91f32d3dba78b56c023e048
font_02_sfnt_off00016d9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1