Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dd3854f83b11524…

MALICIOUS

PDF

142.7 KB Created: 2021-12-05 10:48:42 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-26
MD5: 9ac1d916a4ef673bdb7e08490f9ca9fa SHA-1: 6bdbbab4ae08fe978d43215c827315300c242ea5 SHA-256: 3dd3854f83b11524ddec3977e376e5e17da0a652aa3415587893b5f5aa18d5c8
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious sites for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9636

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://elfuklid.cz/foto/Image/file/94922710591.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfbouwheer.nl/userfiles/file/4163801687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hsaltsj.com/uploads/files/juwuguxexebefefos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2pk330qma7i2smb48g10ju2i15/71799730292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stefanourso.com/public/userfiles/file/97912959916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lufoleredonurotoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zgic.ru/!upload/files/guvesivupizosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anaja-inter.org/public/file/letis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quranday.org/userfiles/file/38294744451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.samuitns.com/image/upload/File/suxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161a6daeabff3e---wigeruzeziridenojutepedew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.habitat-morvan.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziropizumixemokedan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1618c56c977b50---posilekepugibajoxozaken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/7725157000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/1918023705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://un7un9b3rl1pa7-99.com/contents/files/fibofojedozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1617d6eacf0828---54893236568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solee.cn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sozukoxenavufunamezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelushba.com/userfiles/file/bijikolisumonekefukes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/fumirerakelojiwemuxolig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webinaris.training/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/bogip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lajovisena.com/gallery/file/rabuvipifezizufekosajisif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ar8uim6fmo3qn7opqd1ilu08bf/gowuxukimiwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e98a80fc6a045bad3741934b8f2e0808/39218357405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136c994c92f0---kebegegojigoguzido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Gsjc/~3/BGAemAmcdTc/uplcv?utm_term=aleph+paulo+coelho+pdf+onlinePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0001d282.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D282 10432 bytes
SHA-256: a5e86eebfd3d17c51789d16a155179a0a0da67f4c5a29f1fc87cf2a5ab7bd91d
font_01_sfnt_off0001ea07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1EA07 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 8bbf29466d2f40a357b7817b51989de81f56d2596c947a649d35b224999e121e
font_02_sfnt_off0002158b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2158B 16416 bytes
SHA-256: cfa2c3fbce80cc5607e01af033b793d17c57c214fb1d96e845eedea48cccd336