Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ddb1a4b1bdf2962…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2022-05-07 09:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-26
MD5: 79071703036f82d6ffd5ff1e95da4790 SHA-1: c4232b1d38b1c8d2a572703ca8a920f75f6b96d5 SHA-256: 3ddb1a4b1bdf2962c352067171ee224ed1aacb61d0174f137cb9e28be0f603cf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, indicating malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest this is a malicious PDF, likely used for phishing or to download further payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of external links and embedded scripts points to a lure for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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 https://cafij.co.za/YmrXLWy8?keyword=galacticraft%20guide%20pdf%20book%201%20download PDF link annotation
    • https://zenithoverseas.com/assets/userfiles/files/76221801548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maggies-handmade.com/UserFiles/files/35295747927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayinluatudong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/verezuxaxefaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitaminyplus.eu/files/file/fesagurikozapowowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1626cd16510f09---mogepazoguxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naitikfashions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xisarisonudodamolixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mottohub.com/multimedia/userfiles/file/15265491455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weldcor.ca/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bagowujidan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrspk.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10537011146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suachuadienlanhhoaphat.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/nigubizamegixusagirize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ask-it.softki.com/Ask-it/UserFiles/file///kazomif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/68531996343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universityjournals.org/app/webroot/js/kcfinder/upload/files/fevuluvebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pusavipesuxa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/4/131406286/mimavini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinmexindia.com/uploads/vopumalijemazarewos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nonoxatuvel.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/2/6/132681685/9016594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1620863009a043---30599058130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1622417075a309---43882632789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1620e62843bfde---99599329376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wowuleraregode.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/6/134690179/mukabaxupapipazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://timakopazasiri.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/4/134445807/956931.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_off0000d697.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD697 11136 bytes
SHA-256: b3a658383aaa3571faecadca70448146ba222bb55324240728acc12e1ed83a3b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f062.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF062 17120 bytes
SHA-256: 6ccfd7aa96080b2f385de5ac935fd376072eb7981bbfbd16d1f9d08b14b7bf77
font_02_sfnt_off00011c81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C81 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1