Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a28af880d2050ec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 00:10:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: a3e732e0560aa935f27813a25bff091a SHA-1: 920d505fd7c577ff82d24e237bcff3e87f8dce55 SHA-256: 0a28af880d2050ec0dbff29d4b2537cb065681b060f3cada3136ead1323fd6d7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, but the heuristic findings point to a malicious link farm designed to lure users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97288ab672eb43efd09dacafef682166/navoranilawozinuf.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b61b356bf2---29614222087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ed969ac77ab5b1cacbc5e5d11078e6f/94932341633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f42422f6d---74188749027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b66023be61---63005189265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6d5e68ee2---25866652051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightsourceindiana.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c73918afe11d4b62f4a2380fbf7c71a/82799055795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2575490bc002916dd189a9041de22192/zukinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cff0b5b527---nowaxekavaputixew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myexamadvisor.com/fck_uploads/files/semadenatonemaxodod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/898b4c862462bad92a2062928dac0ccd/bebid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/57423323965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66bc8236dcc6eebf982951da8948baed/23510732669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/87825277339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d9e60e9a6---jedutirolomoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20f254c432528c91dfa056063d894b81/12100975024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed342bee0d---9273296480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hintonassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb53b1a7875b10ed8f9603de9c1b2bc/fagalanages.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3457d4d471eec499a5149961e46a05ba/puroxiregiwixulovakim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blugarden.eu/file/wiraxinawuwuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ff634848c3afe8d8bf64515523243ec/71776195800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/mojiwutiminagoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleannshieldflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/839f1a7a6b0e545cb320a69af710f41f/zovovuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7c9d16c00b---bibekazisiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflocops.com/clients/67403/File/solosafotupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=top+10+grossing+films+of+all+timePDF 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_off0001027f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1027F 17484 bytes
SHA-256: 52da91b3ce3397268b03454ff9e1b27bb548d7f31a5c2166930a13fc83f962ff
font_01_sfnt_off00013077.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13077 10840 bytes
SHA-256: d8c4da544f013b44cf3e22510f020c786b8a6c98b21f8f8429668e28c4ab8cbd
font_02_sfnt_off00014980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14980 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1