Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0296ac3f1517b65…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.4 KB Created: 2021-03-26 07:46:05 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: 6ea3fc3967f1d8c5aae8d397dd92da39 SHA-1: bad036c33c49124020c85f830dcc4b103a9c2bbb SHA-256: a0296ac3f1517b6520fdd2bce2138d0ab2d4bab3054dac03b4d04be400b436ee
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains 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. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and linked URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely using a link farm to obscure the final malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ponafet.ru/wix?keyword=miller+and+levine+biology+online+textbook PDF link annotation
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/zozofufulolig/essential_further_mathematics_textbook.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmopaka.site/depois_de_auschwitz_mobiz6kbp.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simultaneously.space/80084421520avryg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdfafq.info/fazapupofukufodiwei1nox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/wukara/report_writing_format_in_english.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/padanivozeb/small_business_contingency_plan_template.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evatopshop.xyz/reading_celsius_and_fahrenheit_worksheets991cq.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/faxaxos/dunujinojisukozenelolipab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beririka.scienceontheweb.net/triangle_congruence_test_answer_key.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://persequenteamsohbet.com/pujopavowylye.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://romeoplanet.club/hp_designjet_5000_42svd5j.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/sabobenuwe/parirodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fasekafalig.scienceontheweb.net/how_to_clean_ariens_snowblower_carburetor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/tibanepoxilibud/descargar_google_chrome_apk_para_ios.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/towakog/10587097228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santand-es.com/63061747939lrf10.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creditscorerepair.info/bose_soundlink_revolve_manualh8vz1.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itanto.space/softest_most_breathable_sheetsgmwu6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/kavalukato/sims_4_athletic_career_track.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fionainthefield.org/wakutajq3ggx.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://413f70bc-0247-4a04-a3fc-eabb14e2b93f.filesusr.com/ugd/f18ee6_f9a5d59935bb4f6686423fdd6a351376.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://f4b9ed98-44c1-44e6-9966-d9817cd43de7.filesusr.com/ugd/9ced5d_62f0c2f235374a2d9ebd8010fb50336f.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://ebcfae26-b4e4-4f1a-a5b2-c5bdbddc1bdf.filesusr.com/ugd/259f90_bd07399aa1e4465daf8ca6307fe251ed.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://dab7fb03-f2af-4a8e-9cb9-31de623bedb3.filesusr.com/ugd/58b596_f148f071ee634359801d39875e12feec.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://6cda4dd4-8aac-43e7-8003-7c0eea9f7907.filesusr.com/ugd/34e26e_64d5b157cd3342b693b4d2189b39124f.pdf?index=trueIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000159fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x159FC 5256 bytes
SHA-256: 02400d9f1bcfd366051526e7d03333ec701670020206f8486341904558b94e47
font_01_sfnt_off00016c02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16C02 12764 bytes
SHA-256: 2b2b43c7e79540017112ab08d17fdbc535be0c74f8f362e6d6cc470131259483