Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54423187e67ab479…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:54:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: b459fef8ac04759324c18e1e346c1882 SHA-1: e5bc56d2b66b4c510af2c1891cb1ff1c02639530 SHA-256: 54423187e67ab479d9ef2e53343aea10d8c28955652efdc9574de4ca862cd94b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to lead users to further malicious content or downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the link farm structure is a common tactic for distributing malware or conducting phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099bca208613---43621210055.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://puppies-4u.com/clients/e/e7/e7f09595da74c05d2059c741134300d2/File/41381670398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportli.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a7c61b0fa5---16369657482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenapp.net/file/mokojebokutejaladanuvuxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abd5800025---98165207689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2b32912d4---74943473655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/sidojifiruwubaluriwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b738989a3bd0305768dadcb303b7517a/lirufana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scanclean.bg/upload/ckfinder/files/fumozijigop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caffepontoni.com/uploads/file/bofadupetefizaxumimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c05accbe97ed434ab87a54792831eb58/83236658830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2c8d41c2d5d6c0888e679e977825c387/61795715831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/31096316267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/24813265630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajk-opakowania.eu/upload/fck/file/zapamezetad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/suruluxajobasojunujaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporeroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88576c2e5ea8faaaffee3086bde12458/32808047588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5014d7146db5a7f782df23ff2b2e6f42/dosegokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55hnn9n2cmq7sqi0cbhkuntevn/zakizageverak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalcinoni.com/userfiles/files/kaluzowidomuxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070700e816dd---gimizogax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/pikajufetejasokisisakok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sl7jgj7n3cmfc006utcq8939fl/18231292260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c514c5bb178395796ea83b39e860bd3d/67972215308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a65214ddb16---20473056133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=taking+the+grePDF 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_off0000ef0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF0A 17356 bytes
SHA-256: e5ee622bc60f74f71fc94f5977b849e88d1df081312ec1e0942671f88d594f9f
font_01_sfnt_off00011bdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133F4 10108 bytes
SHA-256: 0450229efa500dc0faa12b50dcdf11f9a47c3090592cfcaff04f0e0ac3c2903f