Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd1099bddafc89a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-09 04:57:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 2698e3d243944869c82c22092696d578 SHA-1: 21fc2d246507b9b69a8a00f3fb6ddcb172e1013e SHA-256: fd1099bddafc89a502290355a04088a4e218b615cf4d99ed8bdb85f0eaf0c323
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically flagged as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a multi-stage distribution or phishing campaign. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the link farm and the presence of external URIs indicate an attempt to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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://clap-bas.com/userfiles/file/dubizaga.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c43fcbbc66720af2153d12ec699f387/weloputozagivujeguvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606de2eb3b034---95763542596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/66791870117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899b88de248---79284417300.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/54379375097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shs67classreunion.com/clients/b/bf/bf9552935413f2527bbee995f2dfc9b5/File/sosomazonere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngusacdon.com/upload/files/49578747097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1003f4e6dbb9132c9729b00800d433a2/kasawigogibobalexukuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lv569srngad5ih0deti0cnfhdf/78248107984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/80900070877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca41a71820---wetijisozoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4197bb93837222abca1b8d99a03397d6/kixotaludipatogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eaeb5a96fd9a3c8906f2cc97383575e/gurebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/894e65b416993482f17f868a8a9b42ca/kusuguzokarema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jacksonreunion.org/clients/71346/File/29490686261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5c8c4f1ef3---21581511311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608438e38b5f5---kumopukinej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8031irbsipbb6fagh2gn206t79/29927861226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpils.com/userfiles/file/57116789894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh62.com/clients/7/77/7764523e397120ad9b09b1da26998858/File/62965896228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/258f0f9f1493638bf436600c8fad439d/23984738182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/45040814261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/lufozel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=economic+system+worksheet+answersPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e124.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE124 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f935.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF935 16244 bytes
SHA-256: 3278ca6c70e518b465743644877619c4ef1ebaa46d2ad5ea8f35bfa09e43d380
font_02_sfnt_off00010f2a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F2A 10724 bytes
SHA-256: ffd0b764d70cf6883beda3af8740fd46a3b165e69e5d772b4acb05cc2aa27a2a
font_03_sfnt_off000127b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B2 19120 bytes
SHA-256: 2fa30dfcaf9563973e16de1aeb42d54d0333f4df224325c8bf4af310988d47ad