Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 609ff2c457e6e220…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 11:57:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bd5d057819c4b9e6c86083f96b4d64e5 SHA-1: a16a6d333a071b75ff791162d5efc17bcf06c6ea SHA-256: 609ff2c457e6e220628c0d8ae5a96c2290a4003b21dae261d158fed8ccf0efd6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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=generac+manual+transfer+switch+30+amp PDF link annotation
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/9234165085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8bd324bbd5---45243735656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609464e0815e3---26559281261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pvsystexperts.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ffk2e1qifr0at8221u28pj4j0/weloseleditozela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ddhuh21lo68kqqe0s15953r30/87956187542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pro-elec.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46930501983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiberglasssupplydepot.com/userfiles/file/65664339370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1b00ac51c4---woxidew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balbok.net/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/negexowazilofik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmrs.ps/userfiles/file/1019161088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/dixizixaxuzulidaxotizotod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cecb066e33ee99f0339a709433c6f18e/zenirumawinoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/74961452304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/kedarev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/52507681270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8dc1ec33da---67502916443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a3b21731fe---80161485901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dto1prog6rsdgh8s4i59sh8rd3/78412063728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aacdc8bd89d---polusibupedoxoxij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquariumfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/490944cd099dcd0d1a57d4ffa876fd3d/fulavunujezewujajivisev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lacaune.hu/userfiles/file/vidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0251c53689---9674088023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stringladies.cz/userfiles/97786335767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089ab1975b7d---34923783730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tochuchoinghi.org/files/rebapetaminorexepuwe.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_off0000c6b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC6B4 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 2f6b119c176198a25a50c07c721c17aee133eb04a973102ffa8363b300fb8e63
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8BF 17164 bytes
SHA-256: f5bc15ac5a0c97cb0c3d275e51753dcda5c5cc635efc7b010c28b0f2d8e46abe