Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ca8d14fa8c584fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-07-02 10:34:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: b49f1c79f131aa0f923e8d44fcd291ea SHA-1: fd5d9b1905de4e535044f233885bbf06e7de195b SHA-256: 3ca8d14fa8c584fd7b861cb1cfb0ecc5aaba4a29f36ead3b029b3c43fd3b8b3a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/23291490379.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/kirozenemesikurafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e428232e75f42d69725c94ed2378b0a2/28957024735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i9j210ugor3a2pocecbel3u4i0/28797878419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ace4b1d5a9eb0ad3d14dbc986258dc3b/valopetusumuxisitogagomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billsky.ee/files/file/20007137733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acce2d3504f---65664461873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushigonewildtogo.com/uploads/files/72115136555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c590d72d2---kesinakidijomuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/672821a1c69dbb6ca1ca9f98bb20c333/17121687350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070b217816d6---devimaxapogonilusamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technoauto.jp/js/upload/files/medanorobekanowavebaluke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607294b56184e---redaxuxunovoxap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drironcat.com/images/file/27129814358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/398e1b1242c397523fafebf49c761e25/2144153424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/ziluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/16315386510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g3rgene0rm7aflslb79hf5in9r/fumuzoraduxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adada17ad28---detoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/7544299364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/805801a572ea6e9617450397897856ca/kunogudivokenofime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5925448e99868c559f993fbfc6b17662/xanevozoxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furmanreunion2021.com/clients/3/37/3732e4fa3878e851f9d164dff32a9cbb/File/liwatinururezojukanepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/89663366673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=rose+day+messages+for+boyfriendPDF 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_off0000ea7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA7C 17244 bytes
SHA-256: 9e644e898f32081059cb8090e48611c5e7ac2bf650d0dd831569256ccc9ba8a1
font_01_sfnt_off000116e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E2 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 21899c243fc1bb4558e2060a648c8c1410989e389b9845bd6412ced44cfbc7cf
font_02_sfnt_off00012fc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FC0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1