Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0440538e1fa6b9bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 01:02:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 69e4d5f1bceb612ba6d27136e44bd34e SHA-1: 2b962cf46a3b2d7ca231880d8f4159f0038963d4 SHA-256: 0440538e1fa6b9bfee4c07d2ca643b394bfa8a1eafdac32d1a51e7d86c7c4d4d
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of malicious activity, likely leveraging embedded JavaScript for redirection or further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9958

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 http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830eaae5ad1---desesufarub.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tigercabinetry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bf41b13ad616d2c247a99fc917abdc4/95600964853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestcoloringpages.com/userfiles/file/1688749139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c99e6dc60c69f910b28ac17e73d4802/zewepadof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariagussago.com/userfiles/files/49778641922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/48853343152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e38f5689ce5df03eeb31de88402fe148/56073150642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f11121cb1---54671404319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/dukutolawogati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seerupit.dk/assens/file/12471112178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbgnfinance.com/userfiles/file/21298037867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gegeny.hu/uploads/file/kaxelizetozara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/lepemelurilasowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wurbs-hanau.de/userfiles/file/91260734157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080e4a4bf27a---90582737207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evrenmentese.com/upload/ckfinder/files/70081215786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/jujafubekajoxobodosul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869ecfe3bb1---jobadejudutuponebunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609248eb394af---povibedutuzij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aradovan.com/userfiles/file/rupovujuzepaxevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hashtag.school/userfiles/file/jorobitosigosuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/970cb38637dd37e4ee981b10519c06b6/balilibona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/70597915683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=saddleback+valley+unified+schoolPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000d2a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000eab4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB4 16880 bytes
SHA-256: 891ff1f1a68c57d84a1d206357464a1b68cf7bf027d2a75ebe37422dffb737d8
font_02_sfnt_off00011687.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11687 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 24aec8e6512ff7b048618e5f925a6669dce966074b94328da73feead333a6d7b

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