Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de4d44c60dddad69…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.4 KB Created: 2021-06-29 04:14:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: dab0ac5c1861c8314ea1c5d995c94280 SHA-1: c6c54686ca22be6621e8a3c1008de05b40db8f73 SHA-256: de4d44c60dddad69379254b30bbc813048b779d3b5b778c403b2a1374b1802e9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

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://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd603a6a502---gasiba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608567acc6d0f---goxokonawegekuwatufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210531060245_1674547177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdai4hcg3i8vieuhtfo4hruepk/33631538052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przychodnia-felinskiego.pl/uploads/editor/file/14476520676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5175cdeef---zejuvakagijuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robertoantoniz.com/resources/original/file/24934562403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p2o8g2ojf99de5isphsq2ek92o/bamiwujuxavedixepomawazen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/57423323965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c788a702ddf---dugexegomudexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediacomriccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b5183922c---2177732924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c14d17148---89009739012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tzoetemondje.be/uploads/files/27747098599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astoriareiki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09b696ec4d357b0d62e3912cb5435a27/sofogasetemoliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56c4f67594---46559880061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790c0c32b83---84306316086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ec331bd36---fuvatotifenemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnfarley.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m1stg52p995kvtl36gqrsiokm3/46837288767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mppscstudy.com/admin/usercontent/file/dobobesinefimoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/zimimejesabusopalema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/xisowapakudagivepudifop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edumedcare.pl/upload/files/92587948533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkvdphq2rgopu1ue124rqcevt3/47674778386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoltysnieg.pl/pliki_wyswig/files/lolobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/9115750614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=gum+boil+comes+and+goesPDF 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_off0000f019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF019 16736 bytes
SHA-256: eba8d7890eeb2e190e4feddd9f17b0dfb7f426b7cad9698b33eb34495bba86c8
font_01_sfnt_off00011baf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133C6 10796 bytes
SHA-256: fe1439b9e503a7162fe6833053020748a020e19f44af15e4ded481c52bb15226