Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0a5d6ec12bc6bc51…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-05-09 04:37:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f3312d3d218f920bace78d96c143a693 SHA-1: 0c8cfa375bfb8f08baaf1ce24b771a8a7725f9b4 SHA-256: 0a5d6ec12bc6bc510e613f1b2f60f14dcdb32a7f46f2030c49fb467e52c04b4a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The document body, though truncated and obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to 'dnd character sheet 5e pdf', aiming to trick users into visiting these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8846

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dnd+character+sheet+5e+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e052eda4bd---xenebitetatazuvodexite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724c48a39ea---jetebatatul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608235a1a4747---88278966095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8ea733908---49289574435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7edd35ba6972e191af2a95265e834cd0/tamenaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0e635fc55---vobifatir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608be84fa1d77---jokaginikamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73qfe9uk4ptd0h5s82svakr8d3/kafobiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dd342c3354aa128d056e4028246f1b5b/16274063725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f6997855f---60031090583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/if82p3fufnnt5ip5v5bqu4th77/gotipeluwesojubirasor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d859af77812de742a0ab0ec192af6db4/gefakewelut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eb17937b9a---musenomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/90afc77b92ed94908440942c74bcdd0f/gunitovozapibadufuselenug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/654d6a98026288c63a28241f9364dd9b/5604054887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.litesourcenc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49b413241f3a0855d0bf5c86d5584b5b/40573885439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED70 4964 bytes
SHA-256: 733a705fde1e219704b3c34753098ee7e8f0f9c5f127ed6a42dd16867f883b8b
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3F 10996 bytes
SHA-256: 2f840daa62ba250e9979e61b86edc25723487f19610b24223787470828a7d00e