Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4afa3dc7b966da11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.0 KB Created: 2022-04-23 01:36:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-06
MD5: 7d3894e86b52b9d929a83eb543b01ea9 SHA-1: a4ea67331a9f35ab43169e8a7724a6fb00ce6814 SHA-256: 4afa3dc7b966da11666651be1e7b6d55f165deb5f616068d33efcc4ffbeb83ad
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to execute malicious code or redirect users. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, indicates a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination and potentially distribute malware or facilitate phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9992

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://podar.co.za/YmrXLWy8?keyword=avancemos%202%20unidad%204%20leccion%201%20crossword%20answers PDF link annotation
    • https://puwubebuserow.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134403982/6881372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powiedzdoktorze.pl/file/files/68740407528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s9hacaukhlu7prie1ar7h4mn3/84543174575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrybalko.ru/files/52472654943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhavalaya.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30458365129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bochkari24.ru/pic/file/gabedozovoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimhanh.com.vn/kcfinder/upload/files/29573414000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fefujosiniw.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134862858/1162383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butafujedixixi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/2/134236167/kegawir-ramilimidojar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d01ff4a0bd6834aa58fb97e6e02df0d0/97021929292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xevejepagog.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134688444/vemijod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wcag.powiatgora.pl/userfiles/file/natufosadovigut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gccde.com/downloads/blog/geust/files/54861493654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ninofupefuf.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/8/131856131/womutebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watch62.ru/files/files/2648269173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apsar.es/assets_back_office/js/plugins/kcfinder/upload/files/roxomagiwabuwowoziruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/162004821dcb5a---fexufidejapaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napuximijagebi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/7/134766840/65f50421ea.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xisulufi.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/8/134870666/rasojabekuga-rivugudad-raragotoze-gokufus.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_off0000b5c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB5C4 18640 bytes
SHA-256: defc4a276adf32d1ff16138fd5899f6aaac1538bc9a02c3d401a0e4dee6dbab9
font_01_sfnt_off0000e523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE523 10916 bytes
SHA-256: b26f8f20ca6c104758a8a96094f9379671c00f0e1480dae31abea1a945da326a
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1