Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 038daa97ec7f8cdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 19:43:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: a1ecdfd574ce9c3f2c13188acd0c45c8 SHA-1: 2037429dc09ee9bf6310b7866ab8c7ab459a7bea SHA-256: 038daa97ec7f8cdd4d2b29f879feff60b93f8f61bc935dc6f279b969af991932
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a link farm strategy, and the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' firings confirm its malicious nature. The primary attack pattern appears to be the distribution of malicious links, potentially for phishing or SEO poisoning.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+linux+os+for+programming+and+hacking PDF link annotation
    • http://weclassof86.com/clients/6/6d/6dc59c75684a9be5e3a4726337e2fa3a/File/bedodezufejirejulofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4g7hlk85af2m986lg59g4og3m/lozojukopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fredericjean.net/oplusco/file/50459461713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/83032638795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f78a1186a7dbedd82f603cf50baa1518/lowajag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/298807de38672eaff6a748bdd993dff6/gonelafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6a2fda83c---nimojumugujajaravika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tlqnir1guhghv84ek5je75ci4k/38066534965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq9b05vqrv26gtdvdq2gk4jeg3/zexikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/43012290237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdaf2f858b314f47b55fea4666f98feb/20467553492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/38997809749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arnold-sitter.com/CKEdit/upload/files/keteleliniwepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01043745d4---jiwokopisilikexazimuxujov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a5productions.com/home/a5pro/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48181455556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjmassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ae9220eebe1da3bade033c7917cd8d9/fufesizebemebipifezume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yziact.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ki65b0g0vcc33v6vrb319k638/fexetekepol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc3b8859c6786f67fc12c2c452979b01/91059115361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bpabv.nl/uploadfiles/file/45689041762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d82b60d31---lidoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a022c7448f---22591511420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3afc04011e525c8bf193349c488b0ab/nevasakisumajerar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbf5207d7f9---49984907641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608521a109c57---xewarafugetetix.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_off0000fb0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB0B 17144 bytes
SHA-256: ce95bdfe0b843d4405cf04591924675c6ba1430bd47a18133c1cff5088901bb4
font_01_sfnt_off000127c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127C6 11416 bytes
SHA-256: ebd8891b11ba826e6e81343f4cee07b0ed4b7d40f822f8c57d1fa0ed7c460fc6
font_02_sfnt_off00014262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14262 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1