Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 72bd85d99160d0c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

248.1 KB Created: 2022-03-13 15:48:13 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-28
MD5: cca84b571942b46f2c2e6946c8c0ca12 SHA-1: 5cd34932bf5b1bfc974949f71c4d7f8c98742600 SHA-256: 72bd85d99160d0c29fcbbd2a80b8f328065943cb5757f8049f4309b5e6552901
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, including one identified as an SEO redirector for a 'free-download phishing' lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further payload delivery, contributing to the phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7098

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://podar.co.za/XSRYdR1H?utm_term=3d+human+anatomy+apk+free PDF link annotation
    • http://riviera.az/userfiles/file/18872726073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://focalthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/81003852842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af3ca5db9c79733e72ab76369fcf445a/9518393618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euro-m.si/web/dokumenti/file/74511102170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelamoha.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1621e826820520---93376384455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernievet.ro/kcfinder/upload/files/67339705004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrierball.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68170352738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fotokeramika.bg/userfiles/file/88955207610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soundspace.eu/Upload/file/rukapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bennex.co.th/assets/kcfinder/upload/files/kirufabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vumogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/sagigebimipagolowubetoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.plavanikojencupraha.cz/upload/files/63065328255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varvshistoriska.com/file/pabafasiwaxadofeluzuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rzfmuhasebe.com/userfiles/file/zuzofeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magiepourenfants.com/images/mediamanager/file/gufesubulofuvafat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wasikutafar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sure2trips.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/bosowulofewibowedomageve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jianianhuayule.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20220304_035820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schodyperfekt.pl/user_upload/file/wedabokijosigukesipafub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4042682232f2d5a94edfe0e00f23be9/86606568095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/rinawebenozavekuluzalor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyea.org/imageuploads/53090631849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1622ac5c55b9da---56657949527.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00035f37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x35F37 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 40b896ebf7069330e96bacbe7ea9051ecc5fad0f39b4b70a5f4d3e10e8627cf5
font_01_sfnt_off00038b92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x38B92 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 924ad5cb737cfd9a34472b2046831991df4d3950e5f0d7b552a18309318c2ee9
font_02_sfnt_off0003a2b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3A2B2 10836 bytes
SHA-256: d0da4338a565bcff1dc7f3ae4c27f279a6c32eef85442c17fdb7316bec3d6587
font_03_sfnt_off0003bb8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3BB8E 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd