Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a42c0865091a4431…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.3 KB Created: 2021-02-24 15:33:23 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 1441e6bdbc591d35310f51652b2e4666 SHA-1: 4ca053668d20b1858f44ae7011114387b7f7410f SHA-256: a42c0865091a44317bb9a0322d5601fd30c5bebdab12527eb99dcba22c3c161c
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous external links, many pointing to disposable hosting services, and is flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. The document body, though heavily corrupted, suggests a lure related to 'Sanyo tv manual buttons'. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure indicate an attempt to redirect the user to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8924

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • 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://bologen.ru/award?keyword=sanyo+tv+manual+buttons PDF link annotation
    • https://cdn-cms.f-static.net/uploads/4450260/normal_600b342453af6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tizelizenofus.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130740364/dolifivigalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viniveba.mywebcommunity.org/44003602038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powajaxib.medianewsonline.com/66881233266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4381529/normal_5ff7ff19daac3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://difodalutovirub.iblogger.org/worksheets_math_3rd_grade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://powajaxib.medianewsonline.com/a_first_course_in_complex_analysis_with_applications_zill_solutions.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zeteleginogegop.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134526156/tudapinow-dibikarilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tijudozi.scienceontheweb.net/77718000463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowasizavaxilek.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/0/134042597/f0bf2c30.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://votozugilom.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/1/0/131071295/faf769816cfc0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://static.s123-cdn-static.com/uploads/4427544/normal_5fcd50d759a49.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tixesikixux.mygamesonline.org/mopusudijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kufizuvepopes.22web.org/43533772542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://koburolamugalo.rf.gd/los_albigenses_maturin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wejufutaz.onlinewebshop.net/how_do_i_factory_reset_my_portal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zaximibirada.epizy.com/work_experience_certificate_letter_format.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_off000119e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119E9 5140 bytes
SHA-256: 7cda366085253dbab6fd5ecbfe0232ba98d27a3310c6ed4efcee83747e663f19