Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c0d44e01c36cf2f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 01:10:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 80f24c822fd4f49f0ffa42dce6ff15c5 SHA-1: 32d5bc5d52a17a55d9f419051d03fdfe25b20e5a SHA-256: 4c0d44e01c36cf2fa70ba005cefa3e8b3cb9baf97ae18ad4fd32a01e56030432
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating it functions as a link farm. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9938

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://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/197mkiejbmltg2kq7180ga2qlq/dasoxubonawukide.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uj9u28ocj90i1dqm2nhg00jl57/lolurixilebudojasakemobel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/66483588165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077cb867c849---vejareposoresil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d8094784f5af7ff778f35e002d4533c/28169292993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturalmis.com/userfiles/file/73301715238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8ae32bf75---dikarowuwedepeboxata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midel.me/userfiles/file/15898462441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blueyee.com/upload/file/150451451758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdm50rhs7st4tctlpgtdahibj2/97121176508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c7451a89fe---41130516471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1967.org/clients/6/61/617565fc8afb9cc6d18abf932d248b7a/File/kilupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608918806caac---gigolapofepukokitasedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingtonkatsu.com/uploads/files/19812632338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flightshop.jp/images/blog//file/77592154781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cc45f2b840663da046570f0e6af59026/pekego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uaputo6hn9v4vc74aqp6pcbv0n/wefaxololisusafeba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gangnampools.com/contents//files/60610585120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a034e26c6b9---41818607877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/82848539814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24250593b8abb447dc896b600517403a/10080014424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metrocars.london/survey/userfiles/files/74027154100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a83199fc08ac280245ecb85187e8200/zimiguruponojuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=another+word+for+non+livingPDF 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_off000129e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129E2 17292 bytes
SHA-256: 4f88f33620dfdd64b00d717c4625d6bf48b23dcb4eb728f3c0139ac4d9da7858
font_01_sfnt_off00015750.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15750 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00016f67.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F67 10436 bytes
SHA-256: ef91334c1cb338b20ed06d173fc2d8571283286c68cdef3b8f73d1d8ab0b2ae0