Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fec1de18c9eb5f1a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:14:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: b6fd34a53cf6ee54485293183ef3d575 SHA-1: c62d719170e89467bf10b835a69e7bdeb662adff SHA-256: fec1de18c9eb5f1a0a7ef6191c0030af348ba294ea7cd90f22e0573d4de0843f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=types+of+heat+exchangers+and+their+applications+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b496edbc136---vegileliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appfacile.it/file/94898633837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34fcbcea49582a23e306429a8462b4dd/15878767592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609162e761842---pakunaxepoleli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887a2ba8329---wifotusamikow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fdf13f2bc---toxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vhv8n3dko5d78gqan8e593b5iq/rabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leeja.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb7ea6ca1b89fa956bd06591a22ec67a/nagejuwimav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ad4c6b71ae---13513473627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91ce9fe45c9b8cece972a7d905d13711/rejede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/votowobuzizolenerikizivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c130e302208---jamosogawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/risifulivokufiwudari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ld18rsqkj14tt1fkk01jueb5rh/89690017639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9880d061f9---31267010182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/lirisobudedoxijiperotog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/2543712886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/49785700588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c680b1eef81---pozozuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daimarconstrucciones.com/images/admin/file/48043006758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yer-krasnodar.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15016449719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cde5a811e3c27b48348e3b104aaf865c/pazuwejijusabukezosib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c17028a5ed22a519734a8c6cb738dc0/pelado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiangka.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60427353835.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_off0000d02e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD02E 17260 bytes
SHA-256: f010d37679ab46661e52fb6c5b2caec812587419cf857cb5e5a77e9e8ddc0b51
font_01_sfnt_off0000fc53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC53 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 9b765e919a8dd42fab0b52f4d0d5fac553e106c609a4b9e0dfc9acb23c5818ee
font_02_sfnt_off000115f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115F6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1