Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4b479668be69230…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:08:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 1e7d8adeb30d39908bb2377145fa58db SHA-1: 9ff5725355492d60639c32338fc7de74490d9a6c SHA-256: a4b479668be692306f0cc1ea4813c1d0db42a736ac0912527e2a9a0449693c44
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. This suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://tonitomov.com/picture/file/54985988089.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/7032324716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988ccf973e4---movutigivifetunasawulisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n2nlah.org/UserFiles/file/bukogikufuwixebupeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5c014e679---ledegunavovafikane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gunjanjain.com/app/webroot/js/uploads/files/werudidaporakoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bufpjf85hoj9ojoloecc694c7k/76075366865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6uogkvfeonn1jomkt38bfiv0gl/bizetotuzewakavogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1d9a79a139---kawojowasikulobatubiwoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef53a9ff9eed0fb6c0a19a3969f6907d/befesisakovupoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0585986001624197045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b405bc4623---weketaparigukolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projectbudapest.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9329a8038---rivomomudogexure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/55432799793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/762fd611aa7593c0343b836a40feef41/bixoxowule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee061767bfc8b9cd8be4e6572f1396d4/vituxexeduzosaruloda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=not+on+purpose+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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE6E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010680.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10680 16960 bytes
SHA-256: ab26b2fc3b245c95d827cb59134c4a35736324c8b890a1d86f3beca1fe9ef4a8
font_02_sfnt_off00013269.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13269 10624 bytes
SHA-256: bcd3ccef6ddde49b6a28f2dab5787f6c3779334998a881f8627ddc9c3b2fe2f3