Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dd4c77a877f6ca0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

242.4 KB Created: 2022-01-27 07:32:24 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-26
MD5: 7e8beab0f0d00c235f2315ec5fc64ca2 SHA-1: 237db296d49763751f1ddcf930070fa85920f2f8 SHA-256: 3dd4c77a877f6ca03dce68a502479b8590b79c1ec2dc12a28b9298014e6d00b6
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK' specifically indicates an image lure linking to an SEO redirector, likely for phishing purposes. The presence of ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7801

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
  • Image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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.
  • 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 https://colod.co.za/XSRYdR1H?utm_term=kerboodle+answers+chemistry+aqa+gcse PDF link annotation
    • http://fkjz.cn/upload/files/2021/10/202110261020518372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mujeresenmovimientoplus.com/userfiles/file/tojulisiwuzavuxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nprofit.hk/userfiles/88442218047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzhrjd.com/images/uploadfile/files/tojunolixorizuruja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srimmigrationconsultants.com/kcfinder/upload/files/tobulurazipawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magiepourenfants.com/images/mediamanager/file/79870690021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161aca715e647c---bajiwitobopamijaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gptracker.interverse.biz/userfiles/file/ganazoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/13950832227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f7no3q7abqt48htbamd1nsrh2/zosap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emiem.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58329420835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16153038c4ffb0---nezem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ttmagazin.com/assets/admin/js/plugins/kcfinder/upload/files/55078128464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruaszarate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21809331449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuvixodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpjse.news-read.com/upload/files/53943331452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161d5f008025b8---vipitipazanamejuxunakexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uvg9gtjm2q4uca06g9vm9ej2a4/wonowela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status.cz/UserFiles/File/67424771725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gmpardis.dga.gr/ILC/img/file/wujubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/zujetejabukigigakivisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-biyoute.com/d/files/jitolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cartopack.be/Images/file/mutumepeduxano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20211126190527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galtex.sk/storage/file/46841709682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krakow4you.pl/krakow/files/lujuwevekafalakuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/bozawadalala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2013.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54246497671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161dc22fcf1e4c---bizobifo.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_off00035dcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x35DCF 16616 bytes
SHA-256: e0fa25c5a79bac667a327470803d32b740a60680b27f41a894e8cd673824d4c6
font_01_sfnt_off00038842.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x38842 11292 bytes
SHA-256: 53574710792fbc565a6cbfc4b84de3dc6bf234708ad83e43ff8b4bbc74c5393f
font_02_sfnt_off0003a227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3A227 16416 bytes
SHA-256: cfa2c3fbce80cc5607e01af033b793d17c57c214fb1d96e845eedea48cccd336