Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fa002756caa0a52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:34:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 4c73581ef6ba3194520b771b7884af73 SHA-1: 04f8ea5aeb1840368f31b2b9eaa5513cfcfe139b SHA-256: 7fa002756caa0a527a1831e82ad5c817d6ffb2a62af3f0b6eaebf01aeeb35729
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The presence of multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting suggests a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination, likely a phishing site or malware download server. ClamAV detection and ML classification further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f76d3b9dc3547486550062f851f04fd/73681627192.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a775f327cd---punonatotep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9fec6b4cec5948b696f1dccf7db6144f/92836909063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweden2020reunion.com/clients/e/e2/e2375cbe45a1e08e95d3a39ca41e84e3/File/90545534854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magogaralbamoble.com/galeria/files/58347290205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929f3fab8d3---35448152619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prolocolidodisavio.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72688337459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b94889ab589---lisiguvugipajitod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/69045114667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093e2d1821f1---50342837942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/61316997903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3ad3f92b6e---gugexumudofuketedak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/5571327124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983c75c3fa2---vafiwukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b2a42cff353a50a37022688d3af6e86/nefopiwibariluwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6bdde39a5a27681e8a8731c25a5c86f/57647526753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegreenlegacykeepers.com/clients/e/e8/e8dc17949b7ef813e9937e453902477f/File/5543867533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuxulare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b25894be3---zefataxowixanaxegesiber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=laborious+life+meaningPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_005_off000128bb.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x128BB 16628 bytes
SHA-256: 988b1a951edb2a146739d052daf6e7dc0a1e60a639cf2825802f4da5f0ab471c
font_00_sfnt_off0000cf5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e76d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE76D 20636 bytes
SHA-256: d9c0213ecee36b1901a9329bf36115bff29a391dd86f8f70d08489af6120e220
font_02_sfnt_off00011b7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7C 3260 bytes
SHA-256: 231f1ae5086f861e8a69c4de2b3d7133cac1fb4624613552d9c9b376ea4f487a
font_04_sfnt_off00014018.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14018 10656 bytes
SHA-256: 9421f17ad882bfcdcfaef1be2274ac9ccb229e3a8f627a4364dd7dc88ee796f8