Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cad1c148db9ecac4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.6 KB Created: 2021-04-12 15:42:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 7688c50881c65bf0adc412b2224b2963 SHA-1: bbec0468ae3c6e9db62c70e5a16b3971f4d3f5b4 SHA-256: cad1c148db9ecac404bf4e14eb5535481fc53c0e402507de3cb3c83ad3d6c3f5
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs, many of which are hosted on seemingly unrelated domains and utilize UTM parameters, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the true destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6781

Heuristics 4

  • 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 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://architecturaldesigninc.com/sites/default/files/masugikiretige.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.jsif.org/sites/default/files/webform/meratasadif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.osgeurope.com/sites/osg-corporate.dev/files/webform/zizepuniket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vectorcorp.net/sites/default/files/webform/resume/27999686052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.natsihwa.org.au/sites/default/files/webform/81826716543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enwidth.com/sites/default/files/webform/resumes/fudigebifofonixetizitalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sumnercountyhospital.org/sites/default/files/webform/27017481005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ofalloncasting.com/sites/default/files/webform/zuloliresu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/sites/extranet.blanchisserie-toulousaine-de-sante.com/files/documents/justificatifs/goxara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharoxglobal.com/sites/default/files/webform/balulata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birdlifebotswana.org.bw/sites/default/files/webform/sightings-sketches/43600748611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spotlight-sites.com/sites/default/files/webform/sizewavajifur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=le+cassoulet+de+virginiePDF link annotation
    • https://www.ice.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.ice.cam.ac.uk/files/webform/8342566550.pdfIn PDF document text

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