Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4fac60dbe7d1929…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:08:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 7f4edb47de841714e879df088f6722cc SHA-1: 24e203f884842aba57d3e0e0549e700cc99c6826 SHA-256: a4fac60dbe7d19294fd4d605df8d84cad1957cc5ed1e6fe91c53e41232151238
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be redirecting users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery, aligning with the Spearphishing Attachment technique.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90f6af2766a4e915f92eea7addb6bf09/vovar.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd0098d467---26635427879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netinflux.net/userfiles/file/27416422906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c3fb94e325---nefutenasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0dc8c8c747---gevab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kiei00acjdbhjgv14al7le0h07/pixinozamadelabuwiraden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/20210508/210508195504149938honzktsi2hz3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9ea64b157c6f9caadfd6408e1c4a9f3/56122871880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cukoyem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tq930ahjv862r95vjtq3o61bt2/52882521322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/79341297078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbb9c1b58c8daba173fc25cdf6fe1265/zupojiluserisove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidrealestate.com/public_html/userfiles/file/budovirobopuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cd0u1t8lvaujo0prngeujv9g2/51486622958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abugfreemind.com/userfiles/file/tovorubonaguviritidena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://promocode.lu/userfiles/files/tizuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55d36e4077---86664825818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2538f69c2a---70243267185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/45883523088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c50d8e1a27116df314bd9a696ad77082/xewev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e9b0b69c0---91631025088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862c7e0c73b---26788851558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee0853b973---zafamimupisajelol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f8ncen6v6l6l8oevcadpgt3oq/71740188943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccf5602f05---39262297717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=refrigeration+compressor+troubleshooting+guide+pdfPDF 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_off0000e8a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A2 11352 bytes
SHA-256: a08985a52708b66d1868c7b1fef88d009fdbee7d2ccbfd500b3c67692006be36
font_01_sfnt_off000102b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B8 17092 bytes
SHA-256: 518fda084bfc9a18c1412ce03e67b7153b6449b15fb4b7fe06021f7cc122f784
font_02_sfnt_off00012edf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EDF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1