Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6176e0ecd134828b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 06:58:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 365fc538b879beac02d73ed39fc4fb52 SHA-1: 90f812bacd1128764da1e4c0a0befaa96ba7832c SHA-256: 6176e0ecd134828b1d5d4148717ded6c9bddc91e3a3e21eb9c0ce531603ede63
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1071.001 Web Protocols

This PDF document exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including ClamAV detection and ML classification flagging it as malicious. The heuristics indicate it functions as a lure, specifically for MFA or one-time code harvesting, and suggests a password-protected archive handoff, likely to bypass gateway scanning. The document contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, which likely serve as the staging ground for the next stage of the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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://costumeworld.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e83a8c28d3---7384451771.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/is6iv4g03onumrdr5apcgner7m/zigesipojuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/betiserilureka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7e044f631d628c9064c9f08e38c4687/87209758910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16081bb93005eb---nuxowokesawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/78388733174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc948f6b716ae9c5b54af0e7d4fddd9c/jukutolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobubilarolafurebivixemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c78ec0ace---wipizazejezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapeutickemasaze.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608570391c8be---51685096456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ea94eccdc925c4276df7e82ef4a2e34/95463960145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d8439342c3---kulesoxadajobavavuxemijox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bqj7vagllniv773osj9rpfr4r1/darini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kunapak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hn2up03td0md5k3jab74tdrk5g/71183737377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e20ee285a8cbc133ef7aca9f5cf9c9b3/78221491071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/wumebegedirowoxupifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080d834d216d---vuluravepegom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cffaf3050---13339888287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf218e2988d---suvuferabawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27e274fd3beb913fd4ab02564a566a7/72550529932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atkarisuli.hu/userfiles/file/64685729828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091306842f33---ludofadoxemutekudirawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/nubuxatafatawavizatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609933acb1bb2---fitulemajotafupime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076719d52bc3---27361804132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c955f44a69---libikobiwibakadosavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+figure+out+voicemail+passwordPDF 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_off000103cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011be4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BE4 11104 bytes
SHA-256: 981a0963d5ae17ed7f448cc2501d3be8684a77e8c8d08373fec7d07fa6276cb7
font_02_sfnt_off000135aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135AA 17744 bytes
SHA-256: 4592606afc5da4bdbfbcfac43bea439e8f90e606f86c9f672e47194b1df3cf76