Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e136fe00b78329b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.7 KB Created: 2020-11-05 16:43:15 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: a8f1306b03e9ce3fc6e3ea39d0820a62 SHA-1: 05eeaa6ce671882a0958f15afcfd4388764b0059 SHA-256: 5e136fe00b78329bf5d1ed6c90d68e56a6f17a8fc6c8b64b3c1be350f0c8b8f6
74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains heuristics indicating it is malicious and uses an SEO redirector for phishing. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a URL that is likely used to redirect the user to a malicious site. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence suggest a phishing or malware delivery attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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://traffnew.ru/strik?keyword=ecumenical+key+guide+osrs PDF link annotation
    • https://wofexexugov.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134318452/seromoxelesironozuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4371812/normal_5f8afcfde8039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genigudepa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131070712/gapovowumepekegosiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4418013/normal_5f9c102346b70.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/2540041a-2e6b-445c-bc1b-016645e7f6d9/nukifitidafikaseduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/8f145dd1-0f97-483f-b9a9-e7ee41b0a6d0/nigupisojasafegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/e287cc12-cece-4b06-89f1-aa5ee39a2e44/wowukaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/47e88edd-b4bb-4014-84f0-37127c250496/koxizikedagorawizevosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/95a70db4-a460-4095-92da-26c4656eee52/20371648735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0500/5757/6619/files/frases_de_la_biblia_para_jovenes_cortas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/b6df61f9-c071-4809-9c5f-53f7c97d67fe/67550906358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0434/1579/7917/files/44229463506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uploads.strikinglycdn.com/files/f7d8ac25-892e-493f-b47f-7465928d479f/nowupopozufajopit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00005c29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5C29 5384 bytes
SHA-256: 3dc40c7d6207ca4e39774847113d2131d09305ab4be291086ef474df95274485