Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c83dc4f9a038328…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.6 KB Created: 2021-01-08 15:22:17 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: f2904f58f56fec3748c7d91f7c3b1973 SHA-1: 3d4bab5a32df30fcee0a32b2489ebfcb9ecd55c6 SHA-256: 2c83dc4f9a0383288a7a69deee43b9e224d3862b9c71733719d90ba621c6f694
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, a common tactic for SEO spam or phishing campaigns. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely related to distributing further payloads or redirecting users to malicious sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' heuristic strongly suggest this document is part of a campaign to drive traffic to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6502

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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://trafffe.ru/aws?utm_term=android+game+support+bluetooth+controller PDF link annotation
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