Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdcdf206958d57fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:44:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5f4d9e42ef4f6b9b7affbde2838d2332 SHA-1: 5c32c33c1193b784d2571fb0e4d93e56521a2f5e SHA-256: fdcdf206958d57fda5b1a80530f1755e9af6438a0cc7864041b009678c6eb003
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. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external websites, some hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The presence of numerous URLs, many using 'formcraft' or 'super-forms' plugins, suggests an attempt to distribute malicious content or phishing lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=top+100+poorest+countries PDF link annotation
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1fd619c1b9---muguvawapofarebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b092b8ebe4---81549219739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebe1d9ece2495d49e495aa0cfe09358e/soderuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cplastik.cz/data/cms/file/nilusidifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/doxusemupesejekugawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarcon-v.com/editor_upload_image/file/40946640049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceb9vha72a232dum8l9ffotb1u/nusomibokuxumewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2n2o71imumqj39vfh4h7dn404/bewizinakosuxozade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8oc05iq2brah6mpabkfgd48u2/piwavurogexegokuzar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ttnfv7a2qa5ovlsb57v9k7kq23/lakezetigirogafupukog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.swissfillon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c70672f77dad2fcdf1c541c8bb5800f7/supozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdda6d9c64---zexubiduzage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ih6fl800u7qekkh1goqdhc24ni/25206134448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160872e441d479---39781200205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beveragesgs.com/userfiles/file/rajolizosisawovaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d49a529ca---1428361866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/545b18133cecde69efa39be55bd97278/82601882674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/64064251218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba1683a600c---54248548172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wallisandemmanuel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081ca25b97f4---povilusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19ae6cac851bf657a44d2172b56c5086/tuxal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f059fd28ae---pubofajuxijafates.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/wizubiwitofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce7bd4a792b---geviru.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_off0001206f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1206F 10396 bytes
SHA-256: 4b1257c391e6bd81452e71387f9aa030685e7d05762c16562366a5fe6821515f
font_01_sfnt_off00013821.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13821 17696 bytes
SHA-256: 0124a1b1673ad045ab44fcf3e588092ee0bcae861008f70e333f7fdb3734fc9e
font_02_sfnt_off000166ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x166EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1