Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3da2114fed1fa42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

156.6 KB Created: 2021-03-28 14:14:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-04
MD5: a068bb19816c91d3d77e3dbdf9cdc2c8 SHA-1: 88a5cb467ff26d0cc523cea3a81ee76e3d5097c8 SHA-256: c3da2114fed1fa42c12514af23f8497f37eafeecdcc680b05e9a3deb7e11fa4f
76 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains heuristics indicating it's designed as a lure for phishing or malware distribution, specifically mentioning 'Balochistan issue pdf' and an image redirecting to a suspicious URL. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were extracted, the embedded URL is a primary indicator of malicious intent, likely leading to a second-stage download or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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://nipisod.ru/award?keyword=balochistan+issue+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://sekugiwa.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/7/130739582/juluzajomegetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferofetilusef.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/3/135346026/buzolipadeweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dawejiji.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/5/134505451/jitoxawefuniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xojuxelase.medianewsonline.com/myers_briggs_compatibility_test.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jizawabule.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/9/135966138/vesowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/vobevufubito/TlcliiI/92822159604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/nuroteditu/if0wHjf/zupowole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/mixenezir/gjicha8/garivojajodowil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nupureforisuro.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/4/3/134353583/4975066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cdn.sqhk.co/fipexuwebo/jeXJjdq/big_circle_color_contact_lenses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://b3d988c2-7a7d-4c3c-9141-221b6550481e.filesusr.com/ugd/9dda13_2100654babf640ceb3513630686161ac.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://75e6d08a-b14f-4c2c-bd4e-3e6431d9d11c.filesusr.com/ugd/497a87_5f7c547e08d54554b9479f8081614b9b.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/fulosobezur/crystal_report_tutorial_for_beginners_in_c.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/jirebonudur/furekulazamifukuzani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tifilow.onlinewebshop.net/craftsman_garage_door_opener_remote_green_button.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efed9c07-4553-4484-a419-1b844d271aeb.filesusr.com/ugd/6f475a_221834d52f1541be8374d9bffbc9daf1.pdf?index=trueIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/wotodedaruzuk/adblock_plus_android_not_blocking_ads.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/sixenogafopoj/chinatown_singapore_shopping_guide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/firigugixujotov/amscope_microscope_light.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://s3.amazonaws.com/lodazojamuva/8338688712.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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000228d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x228D2 5196 bytes
SHA-256: 84977a04bb34c546479e653a019722c4efd6a20421a2fc3b324e01c7723c020f
font_01_sfnt_off00023a81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23A81 12884 bytes
SHA-256: db128ccdd2b068e3f4876a6ab9501b77bcbdc58d385b8fc79ac1350c614a4358