Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4aa1528b60f4520c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:30:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 82601021faec62cf01a774a7c6a61900 SHA-1: 57f1d209c8cca13e42552c88a83377f7ab201a57 SHA-256: 4aa1528b60f4520c7174283340b43bbcfffafb2cae2649d5c347ef98634539bc
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/42203760551.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49c6263698---66069949782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1621279846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/58860724302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holycrossyouthministryasp.org/clients/f/fa/fa15eac34f6f8ef5a8ada011ffef1578/File/pajigiwepigirinobatoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpbmakbn26tpafnedsollb5or3/71653627965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://americansemitruckparts.com/d/files/wusujisikizobatum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parzenica-bialka.pl/userfiles/files/82067040028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/84239575727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abde6da506a5bb09036b07823aa15a33/25096495870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea93e1016f---sezefegekakupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciarajewellery.com/editor_upload/file/49802419251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lepjunk12.hu/uploads/files/mugozawifiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hintzfamilyreunion.com/clients/1/12/12a2788c5de59b93c87e4eff35998d4f/File/kegademix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/56317178713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a40175072e20c65cd872150d824bad5f/45454319289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/97556437505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e899755c2d---lizufewogawuvejojadetidaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7930fd05d28d002099c26a8145bba789/sabaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/87584316754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080245a51f91---tarafekafek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608226e13e0c3---1904495955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5b803444f4---10092344790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/tanitakurazofazapodari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae2bb4ddad761aa21ba8755d97d97e7e/98299384026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=for+your+eyes+only+i+show+you+my+heartPDF 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_off0000fea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA5 10648 bytes
SHA-256: b6d99532b57ebe932b58a8ba542dc3b8c6da5982ced88e5e125be242ac3a0c7a
font_01_sfnt_off000116e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116E3 17116 bytes
SHA-256: e6550a2bbcdaa0a16946c2cd6db7505fa1387324e396b68a6b9bdb56521c53e4
font_02_sfnt_off00014362.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14362 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1