Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44581902e27ca7b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

157.3 KB Created: 2022-04-07 01:33:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-12
MD5: 1e8db0843d7a7f18e45ffb73868c7284 SHA-1: 822e67df2e3cf189ed38943fb7fcfc55806c4f94 SHA-256: 44581902e27ca7b2906926e24ba0c6523d65f5e143de5922be3db40dc7567923
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for executing malicious code. Additionally, the file exhibits characteristics of a link farm, with numerous external URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. These elements suggest the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8529

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 https://sunuf.co.za/YmrXLWy8?keyword=chinese%20writing%201-10 PDF link annotation
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/63262189332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xoxomedeze.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135308121/56f73723c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mopopapepiror.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/7/132741339/3104885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarytattoomachine.co/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/zadegudasel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htapigroup3.com/contents/files/gaxatesisiwosulenitesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/162294482140b8---32505934319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vovinusowoxojik.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134349833/jolirokiwudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1620a8af1d677b---levetaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sreecollegeofpharmacy.com/admin/kcfinder/upload/files/36878829413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fevenegor.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/3/131380973/5685382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepikazot.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134526085/82fb7f757f82.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daxipitadomolabutodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interaktivka.cz/userfiles/files/85170811746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/rawuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloodyofficeadmin.underguide.com/upload/userfiles/file/sugakogajupasirakiweke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulns.com/uploadfile/fckedit/file/1648835901w7Ay.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://df-foundry.net/d/files/lafoniwufenilalawosemagep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmobilyavedekorasyon.com/app/webroot/kcfinder/upload/files/74800245641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavender-farm.ro/app/webroot/js/kcfinder/upload/files/wavodevekipezumupeveketeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69f2f4e1d68c7b884175af86e935e87c/baledut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harmonie-avion.fr/actualite/files/33803275019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spotiverify.com/ci/userfiles/files/pirododelojilogorek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ripedesign.com/app/webroot/files/fckeditor/file/64900349868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilasiparacollege.org/assets/kcfinder/upload/files/61468517842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/22183982164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/jekoraw.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00016079.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16079 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001788b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1788B 23164 bytes
SHA-256: 404a2dc616af8cf0f0f1ae5e9e7b955bd6f77ded55411ed0a9f4f8acfdfc9358
font_02_sfnt_off0001b116.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B116 60812 bytes
SHA-256: fa6dd8140129261c6f15ae8b384ff47156195d8ff5e7475bc5af1d4b077fb433
font_03_sfnt_off00024e28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24E28 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 45a46132008f5d0b54561562086e23abbb5d97b4beccd79ca0a437aa5ccc2eba