Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 545e15fec684ead7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-06-28 05:47:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: c9508d8200a076a657bc09d21ab56788 SHA-1: b4bf66e16a47944c43b18fd00d5e88e5311206ad SHA-256: 545e15fec684ead7ce406bde8930606e816428e55ecf5c65dc361181c6cdcbf6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the attack pattern of luring users into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=family+and+friends+4+class+book+2nd+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1ed13ca91a5186c5b8754e6377aa0c6/11880535156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7a7aba9708264baaa57f85d6ef8883b/47557934680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosedreamholidayhomes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81875843098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j10uphq4ab7vhun2bjdltena98/10438870339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15070942401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leilehua76.com/clients/4/4d/4d80c013f15dbe3c797666a457780dca/File/772410979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://universal4shipping.net/userfiles/file/87240504212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3664826c0f56aadaf4fe3e5414a8dc75/28584923386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077982c9afdd---sufukoraluxiwuxopudujomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888ce4c44cb---ketipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5b9c29059---pagokawojumuminebasazaxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccd47f6d977de66f0836db4ec6358c6f/xovukonakamukufivujilawel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mnlex.it/file/rulopetagokelojet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artecgroupservices.com/imagenes/file/82557351007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3ce077d75---50232343255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamthong-marchph.com/piceditor/file/putodowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869018208c8---32495419196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210614143534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/260aa0c6b291aa06528e94cd2c6cad83/29650701520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a85bc21cb942399540acce93f6a968/ragir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.businesswatchguardingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86nvq047vj2l9b7adusaebo353/29389053538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/4237796224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c37dbc357f---14768658261.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_off0000d222.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD222 20288 bytes
SHA-256: 3f875615b3e2b8f100c8234935c54e717f18c15a983766a2815eb5e75bdf5cf4
font_01_sfnt_off00010463.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10463 11304 bytes
SHA-256: dbc0dd7120ac792bd42da768eb5ec0ce152df9a735b39453d3f019b5add6d846
font_02_sfnt_off00011ecd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ECD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1