Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffdf0c4e274f21df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 15:00:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: b4619ce3b89646fd75122bdaefe9de4d SHA-1: 42703836cb597d67ef9a617abf85fd39f501f87d SHA-256: ffdf0c4e274f21df52a7d64f8a9f996bb98698759c5aae34551df93465c979c1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is classified as malicious by ML models and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely to host malicious content or facilitate further phishing. The presence of external URIs and the link farm structure strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=bexhill+on+sea+to+eastbourne PDF link annotation
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/521193565159b3c1b7be0ead5b4c405b/begedadawemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sa513frgtr2jo0s95mednmved2/kapusiguwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98e0e6dc8f---pijufipejimono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/kojupopajokatorod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608545752ef17---49069828789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/bowatojajelap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af031d9182---mifiwikiduvorodivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roofmed.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072fbc77a443---31507865589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4f5cddfb0---bazojiziteboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cce2ce5f1---30559428135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/63754106043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stollerco.com/testingsites/advantage_aviation/assets/media/file/tikulinonewevido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/477ea6f04ec1ca34399682ed700a5877/87377999071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/favusixujebekefaxus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c14ec752f8---95846323933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dj-csnl.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bf27dbd982---52770230058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607776266962e---83108260830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8fca7214b9825c91239b38c5430ff1c/25271559726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbfrontedelmare.com/userfiles/files/69178608481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f1ce659684---52336230536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce0fa7d0e3---jasovelesikupimitajut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836a2026884---70689105305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birkhoffhi.com/userfiles/files/60401527997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf125ec1e7e---dujuxabejimapedojujen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88ca69c3dbe87d165fdb7c7f7f46ecf9/juwurawefudisojegileg.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_off0000e3ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3EF 18268 bytes
SHA-256: a5ca7f6c4b7a5e0506ca115a2a7185c720f71a9efe5a1d2b8dd003355b57ce47
font_01_sfnt_off000113cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113CB 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 1747b502bd3bc0ff15064d29ee6457bb7267e916942bce0fe95df2c2dafb5c45
font_02_sfnt_off00012c03.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C03 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1