Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44592c245335be3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2022-04-09 00:56:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-12
MD5: ed5dfaa153d9c5e0d4935b1245c9ed18 SHA-1: 255b119b3ed43c0dbedf3c5c9f9e06d21b709176 SHA-256: 44592c245335be3be1811e26642d652d110f6aaabae36bdd77a8e7271e467968
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The primary function appears to be SEO spam and potentially phishing, by linking to a large number of other PDF documents hosted on various domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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://fecuq.co.za/YmrXLWy8?keyword=tools%20of%20total%20quality%20management%20pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://lavigumujow.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134438710/bupedufutu-logazoxufe-kumijoj-tuxojilufomuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaemsp.org/upload/editor/file/fakosebaxezifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.com/file/puvogifudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchiatw.com/userfiles/file/6761703956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makorodes.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134859701/3428897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1620ad707dd5da---20514913088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1622304cd108d2---70780057752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1622f33c0c4451---xadafafirizoxin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lobekopaxukibo.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131453735/5329285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gumopaxegekugod.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/0/134018731/lusetobopatipugepud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ramipataxeki.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134483057/2069b6a2dd252f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veforolafumokiv.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134340642/2866401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitekitenuzuvi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/3/132303150/3141272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguagnoni.it/userfiles/files/suwebimolawurokuwimipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinofapilasi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134518201/gawefoneme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mirowakedakoku.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/1/2/141291312/0890a51850a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bikesport-krnov.cz/www/js/kcfinder/upload/files/90947602664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-0b9b12d700ad.collinite.pl/userfiles/file/femovadezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://555banket.ru/kcfinder/upload/files/kenabuwafapovitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natur-pet.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tikafuwuxovila.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_off0000bd36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD36 16900 bytes
SHA-256: a5a0298fbece2a0256728a43d4af1c3751ccf9913b8333f5b05b74bd4ee4ffcc
font_01_sfnt_off0000e939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE939 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010150.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10150 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 4bc12716aa2c1801ba2cfaf5dd49184e4719e847ad90bc25c73d1d1e5ad94c23