Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c0b6781e5f9fc44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 09:23:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 68c4f61e8c2cdf04a8adce06404ba763 SHA-1: bec8d73f6f3bcf7eb8a929f8638722741a39aa02 SHA-256: 2c0b6781e5f9fc444bc6559a7425cc6689c28986e736530782725fcc9234f331
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest this PDF is used to facilitate phishing or distribute malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=follow+the+steps+in+the+writing+guide PDF link annotation
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988deabb64f---41031664688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7db11e4521---8386167297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35181915417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094dbc57ee0a---54130371537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.net/userfiles/files/4556637787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9b9315ca7---kabesonamarojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriagiganti.ro/imagini_ws/33765666594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20db59a93549622b0e3c6602b03dc019/40091471608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecf9ftm5meq06jjjgtd6jgqlnc/nixazezijiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a738388c3fea30a88aeafcdddf6ae326/7860435622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacecinella.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/widim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carsongrad75.com/clients/3/35/35717660c32d3dd9b0ffde8f33a19d23/File/18628225030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7b8a6d0e56---75636264585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luminex.pl/upload/file/vatumasunevagimovub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebvsgrt9s0r6a1mk06ga0g2010/33453505721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/gavomukifirowob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e055fb48ba---17926806396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801c3ed221b---40630362370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/16251060555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/kawoxigudigitelowosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlspandoek.nl/userfiles/file/50202086903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lpqpalvp3mr1l8lp7vliiqp957/butofopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epec4j7d7q6j0piamnkd2pav02/5960255979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef1ec2fd8c91a3d432d2e9f39adf945/kanesuzodiledewijev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4326b17f7e---15690592834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro.ovh.net/~tribuene/images/banque/file/4286509979.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 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_off00010eeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EEB 17904 bytes
SHA-256: 306c9613fcc6d642d51922b7685e10098bad53abec73bd916fb1b032a9cd8ff6
font_01_sfnt_off00013dd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DD4 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 758564031d8e30a84b2863bced810f929d1d234a396b57769b46258e5bb3d347
font_02_sfnt_off00015610.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15610 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1