Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45ecbac6641d40c5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.7 KB Created: 2021-06-30 22:46:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 1fe98f2ea019d4a2fa84e034e0080206 SHA-1: 78d1f76bae71dc215fed676f5f6317397d2116b7 SHA-256: 45ecbac6641d40c5f7ffdcd8e3e68f590528132dea318f5539f55f822fd9016b
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware. The presence of embedded URLs and the PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM heuristic strongly support this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=advanced+trigonometry+problems+with+solutions+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76a968c52b01609a2f0ab067d996b86b/49844274002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021062604204690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chonburi33.com/userfiles/file/kifadebowogito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://virtualpulse.eu/UserFiles/file/88054148397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9eeaf41f1ed38449d4423d5faaf6c59/bafarunewunalaxijiluz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6132929e189dd4182a38adc4ea5f073/21893548662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/2757545768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pferdefreunde-brueckenhof.de/sites/default/files/userfiles/file/10690590988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/292249099531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/taguveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efn7g618ai5srip754otr6gb3m/genuzifudoxipem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmkonsult.cz/userfiles/file/40978299875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tailormade-sales-marketing.com/userfiles/file/butuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a31cc9b925f936c7d67a7b08f011ea38/xirinimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://valifyrepapillon.com/clients/6/68/68e1c6a84db99a04c21676ff826d6e37/File/bosopepaxavuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/komopodijixil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85c001b90c---87301550627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7aba5133289da9095dd419c9e05510cc/bajemivusamibewenosipuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084d09e37e14---bivirijobukul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6fab50fe0c---setojak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/518cb08f14ad5bf8986148b47e4eba99/mexozobugitafide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vcj2cdoqtfkjljg5kdh4dmqo8b/zuxokoxutawevuxonudolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helpibr.org/clients/f/fe/feaff840d005acecac0f151e8679c8db/File/60650048880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ee7e5564a---zobijarodexetibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2400bcf7deb084ae5a61caf80760ca1/wavodenifixoguretedoweta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scanclean.bg/upload/ckfinder/files/45425152440.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_off0000f732.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF732 11556 bytes
SHA-256: c63284f7598fc38bb7350c94c737dcc3bd2e64a595cc32521e91fe2625997e6e
font_01_sfnt_off00011211.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11211 18928 bytes
SHA-256: 8ee5263a19c046c3162f8a1642aba32be0f9e00d67aa82626e4a8477b1048a9a
font_02_sfnt_off000144ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1