Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09c75cf2d1b3a1c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-06-30 00:46:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 1836553c9d5b4ea5a7d2fd473c9d5f8e SHA-1: 45d729734fc102236e43aba93b1a4a2b61200c0d SHA-256: 09c75cf2d1b3a1c5c286cb1c1fafa0ee80d973ace2f24087f7589c16efedb512
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical alert for requesting recovery secrets or private keys, indicating a phishing attempt. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution. The presence of numerous unknown URLs further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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
  • Recovery secret / private key request critical SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE
    Document requests recovery phrases, private keys, backup codes, or saved passwords. Requests for these secrets in a document are high-risk.
  • 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://ambulatorioveterinariocamali.com/userfiles/files/26078754305.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/70544038224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7feb6e6a9---55480597045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ae670097b84224b17d9a924a106f03/suzoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/5702695885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/7690402933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rilta.net/userfiles/files/noxozotinamodilopipuxoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optykglowacki.pl/obrazki/files/78679296024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01ae9b41908e2069584d1a833ea5697c/67694357113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7erqr100ou9luudeck7q1vi6m0/kaxedorovurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b8ad1b289a47e76e413e65876cc48f3/61122210890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/tibonuzeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brothersaluminium.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942fcb54b8f---65403977331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8deaf8af34d6839d0465b3ef95c8f39/7684169177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00560652762f53e7ab567974e0a08627/kewizoketaxelaguwegotos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070dc4c69aaa---tokawiliropox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b44pf8fulba21n1d55rsr63no/raribafegufedofugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d19492dd93---segamaniweboxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b515d0ba9---41619355386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9f40ce4cca---muxamunapak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agronlogistics.com/userfiles/files/5802020716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0e4db4e4b5c095e68239fb9171740f8/2308140189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akrmedia.no/ckfinder/userfiles/files/neguluzunup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+draw+signature+line+in+wordPDF 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_off0000ecb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB2 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 7f0b303ad547078cdc25c47642fd2b166517769e0d45ac0f86b92e492094d100
font_01_sfnt_off000104d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104D1 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 6a2f80aeaf9093a036c0f79f38119cab58e0f2d58ddb806cb8951239f9d261b6
font_02_sfnt_off000131e8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1