Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 00aced40b743f07f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 04:13:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 05a621fbefc0e058ed4165b67a87ad3a SHA-1: 0a8aafea8387ddd8a3026be72dbdbc6843caf93b SHA-256: 00aced40b743f07fa0d218680545dc46071c4b8eb9a8d3c63d5c7299692b5273
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. The file also hosts a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=what+to+write+in+a+personal+character+reference PDF link annotation
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfe4b5c258f7a053ab6fb43da5e4935a/reledinuvinakixik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/fizemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088fc8cb69a1---97799895595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1u9gimkhl5cvonai36jhnjjf7p/wukosate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qbm9jiptn8dcdmt0j1ou96pkp/44937281579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da2149fbff---82739502655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/podfnb2oph3lngnruik31qvi44/94395212347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artpolyclinic.com/file/files/80037112096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e9f83b28f3---pamezerason.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ad08821fca---68555840112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musclecar-taps.com/js/upload/files/5379049036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ef3ed3fe9b---80793037603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4kr3ggeksspb8u7riem268a5a6/82297541594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cb989fac36b74bcf741e56eae917e9b/25636422133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spalovnachemolak.sk/userfiles/file/sarovazumisojef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28b0b295a6---pitavugon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1254ea360fa3a759cb6211718df61843/rumugonuvunubodemidab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756b78eddb6---40699331404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856ac120483---98000636484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimaglobal.net/ckupload/files/sozetuvararopexabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dralituncer.net/userfiles/file/rodavumakow.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_off00010359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10359 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B6B 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 4b9803ff06a3fd77fa03d0f258afd0ebb0348288fdaf29796d84b88b14ec9bf8
font_02_sfnt_off00014835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14835 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 935e6cfc4d5aeca9aa8fbed6a320c04d0c39fb062bda62b0bc5781b3cb160667