Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 244173e44f0ac3d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 08:50:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 10084223310da37a14febeeb7b1137f2 SHA-1: 661c8087c9a5a40b1414bca835f666f19039b86e SHA-256: 244173e44f0ac3d53c80e14b364df6758f35168da64fd4843d9cb24ed373ce64
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to various websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings and URL analysis confirm its function as a link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=meaning+of+to+beat+around+the+bush PDF link annotation
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/59472898166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/126556b350a08e807e23415e73373d7b/62957381028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stehovani-ostrava.cz/static_pages_files/file/fafomomolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/76176874691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larustt.com/upload/ckfinder/files/vufikutakejedukipat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/luvoturemazabawubozatiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dcb2938cf64---nesiborelav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/25485434699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085d162dd0b0---bopoxepiruwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090acb15f379---40521858707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93a6d8f410---2698517707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gwhs79.com/clients/867100/File/xogowomuwekivopabasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608502e208b32---dumegadamuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8009cdb567bf4655a3b3addda2714e80/85699896910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alfainstal.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cca6d77116---fodanasakafovaluvevaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088e9519fa2c---23879170577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e7dcef441---nobimubikotumimijafoposop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf47e1dd35---72116947599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fba096eb7c---41790363639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/75057555049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feltshoe.com/userfiles/file/73526789513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elmiraclassiccountry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ji380118efm8dhui417lu75t3/73544422844.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_off0000ed84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10596 17848 bytes
SHA-256: e6283984db469f47913c0e09cfe97d0a1aebf36c554bd1787cb7b4018e4bbeee
font_02_sfnt_off0001344b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1344B 10820 bytes
SHA-256: ce9dd948e8421c4d057f46b3a5ee4dba9023202ee8cce7c02ac4eae4ace20b23