Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 445e821fe3bb4b1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.3 KB Created: 2022-04-26 00:52:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-12
MD5: 8878fc26d4c6ffa036eec613e8311868 SHA-1: c57666f7989e5242df4faf2b6e2a417af6e36c0d SHA-256: 445e821fe3bb4b1eb3d0d65d7d12e0d41995de39007e8728c0e087ae62f2f2dd
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these external URLs, potentially for malware distribution or phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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=how%20to%20print%20envelopes%20on%20kyocera%20printer PDF link annotation
    • http://inkubatorhaz.lenti.hu/feltoltes/files/fugoxotaxoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gavuzamamezi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134590232/luditokejijave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://penepanixefi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134354239/da4732d6a.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wizabegaxedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kogovuvukadag.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132682039/7ae7a0c85.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wivapofeselaf.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135317026/019d8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/roroxanebusesuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/12336384161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeloluro.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/1/3/141362024/maputogosuvud_xujixafutusezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kajagutodadu.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131437420/gopixala_zobajamap_dorewarefu_xewotuwebexoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hbphoto.ca/resimler/files/nagozofunukibixowajorin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdekdyjak.cz/data/xadatibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sezijaxafiv.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/6/131637080/latuxinasanefezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rozotekaralujomakiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gudimutukadido.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134648046/fuxarunegezozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68346244343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/161ff0fcfdfae6---9623653133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/xojugura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holzbau-napetschnig.at/28832475408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rediger.vammenkro.dk/upload/files/76318113819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oiseaubleu-promo.fr/userfiles/file/34092040600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1622c0f34720d0---50035723560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1624a2ec1d580c---joxogudixo.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_off0000c3aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC3AA 10716 bytes
SHA-256: 6e55f7d284bfedc4e630dde2e7a7383ea8310f9ca1ae72bb5e86396d5a274b43
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC7B 16416 bytes
SHA-256: e16660ce37d201b6d6e605bad21154b70d4f6536ecafd2080a29bc35b4c683d5
font_02_sfnt_off000106ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1