Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bce3b865b5ad7799…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:26:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: d8a5eaa043a906459a27cc17de697105 SHA-1: 59c51f8d47f4f5c855e69993877b4f44d3e13fc8 SHA-256: bce3b865b5ad77997d737e573af6c5ec90e831ddec5de1141e3c1164942260b9
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests a malicious PDF designed to lure users to external, potentially harmful, content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=student+centred+learning+examples PDF link annotation
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/513c529a63fff88e602a3b5daa6dad8d/47442285041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lntpaurh30d6l1314b5lq6b7r2/nonaxiwese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/90025237543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdcfa118d0---97640374063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/74340791397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/gawuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chixue.com/uploadfile/file/20210522094428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renovator.cz/files/file/sizuwevepevoteguvafolola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crosswaysrecruitment.com/userfiles/file/tawol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/17188713968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m6lfigld55mo7mbkqp1juqurau/majililozatemaxudosotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160731698c7c6a---mekelurolewupaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cbdcc949a---zanugozujasodoxedak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/fotalatexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/kutatoranupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41cck38r0ljpst2vm0okukqm00/54968969049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/2061800291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971de59da28---dedafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f31e151b617a7b5b440b0055223311a/nowulenupamematojasepedok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/34155569987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deopendeur.org/imgUser/file/fipoxabagudilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbadd210a0---31443197959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huiking.cn/uploads/file/160201501791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a532a841cc---33803192642.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_off0000e859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE859 16708 bytes
SHA-256: f16a87870de7f21fa9ab2ec87eb91d46d8021ce3a83db17d83b2a6b1a665fd89
font_01_sfnt_off000113e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x113E7 11016 bytes
SHA-256: aceab091f4903bc5eb2a1efa869be0e95e320729ea2398efb35da5865c7d5773
font_02_sfnt_off00012d4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D4D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1