Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de4387acc75a0381…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.1 KB Created: 2021-11-05 20:47:25 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-04-03
MD5: b4d195511ad79eb0c08cf37d2fc40ce6 SHA-1: aa0149bde1aa7b72159b3c17be42d110ea0178d4 SHA-256: de4387acc75a0381de3e9b3f04c4f71d3b6de33d108e7384df02057213de1569
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download' button lure further supports this, indicating the document's purpose is to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=current+affairs+2020+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/33849978816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmagame.com/userfiles/file/18190203023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/66227598208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektorma.ru/uploads/assets/file/689049610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1616c6acc367c6---gezuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaparatt.com/images/File/sifosejarafixoxirer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/telodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jlicentral.com/images/authors/file/pelukufoxanajumatedano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ping-property.com/user_img/files/51932638130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56aaeb21e061178294ede4a8892a488/tesuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxfordjsr.com/userfiles/file/74844309892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/11399555203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szakkepzosiklos.hu/upload/file/momozawaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rt5715elln2mqdi3lcjgg6lkh/3798386268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af672b9840d4cabad4010544e098c6f6/2305506456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-ktn.at/images/content/files/39128476322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usefchina.com/uploadfile/file///2021090402435884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsoftyazilim.com/genelresimler/file/90965336421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e21f3934b66cf0db8359d68aa423daa4/jitojopusuwoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doluhosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tuwokiroribotazuxitigixop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kastely-vacduka.hu/fileok/file/67508635323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jindatunnel.com/up_files/file/96914827529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gomsuhoangminh.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/36966528615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ef9aed08f650c16b0fdf83abf01718f/3106097740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleksandria.travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/35154582091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off0000c731.bin)
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off0000c731.bin)

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c731.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC731 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 3fa2522ad441d551411138b98ef8bde38332bc1bd77b3d5e49114ca7d91121a8
font_01_sfnt_off0000e085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE085 16540 bytes
SHA-256: 45015263e28dbf00792e0fa83ae0fb9123af5110209f191c00797c49350166ef
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A6 17864 bytes
SHA-256: 0d61719597c608aca1a9a58d686e302679bc338d6fe79a748b23b002471caac2