Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 627da00ceb6e4d51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 00:18:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: eebffbf777cf4108d7290a26e6523871 SHA-1: 8f550c3f123939ae306e97f2afe17224148ad667 SHA-256: 627da00ceb6e4d51f018e9f6e9865a42857945b216e10c9be36fbac425f013fb
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt by directing users to potentially malicious sites. The PDF structure and the nature of the URLs strongly suggest a spearphishing attachment vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607129a5637fb---dibip.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d0495cb6a6---fomewawojofegupamejozun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9cce1a4c6---mivepejusugonupefitexinub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gulfcoolcontracting.com/uploads/userfiles/file/file/46280089412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8e397d9d9a45b508f32cf8203eb709d/kesaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f076838f789e4d5b752d88daea2a74e/rabijava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160812b4614208---56954700317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ed8f301f8---kosuzobefefofitijis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/95941177966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimtuong.vn/isc/public/files/fckupload/file/bumixofiponisuzegatejag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/261eb73ca59d992ee8747c3aedec8e83/39646619073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d90ac8fc3---kopaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084fa4b51277---72618563949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64fb74b0bbf3ed12b7ec8c70963435dc/17146606596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/95930175932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abacusnancy.com/userfiles/file/9649308712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://franchiseharbor.com/files/files/44621485344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/th0jc0idan1pkcmbsq1qt1es3j/54503983490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ascensionchina.com/userfiles/file/zefinezugiduwoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072eff6b8c3c---gagosevupijorivilenorule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1e0aa7b83b---megexasobepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4483d18e957e753a2e1c74957e192072/pesupokuridilenavusukeziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=corry+pre+owned+autoPDF 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_off0000ccc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCC6 16988 bytes
SHA-256: a3d86b28c0821fddceaabc6f037dec510caba0cc1f97f7f25ea8c24654cfef00
font_01_sfnt_off0000f968.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF968 10412 bytes
SHA-256: cfa82855921209dc0273d7fab31371789c1194c53eebe9bc2fb752b3074260b2
font_02_sfnt_off00011137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11137 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1