Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a1e0ce905edde8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

231.1 KB Created: 2022-02-06 10:49:15 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-05-31
MD5: da0de11cb3ac3630f352e058b76d2775 SHA-1: 20430a83a15cdb92ec9b71d6ef817d296c9e3f76 SHA-256: 5a1e0ce905edde8b7a27288c458699cef82225f8dbe3230bd5ea862dd5db0b63
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and an SEO redirector link. The ML classifier and ClamAV also flagged this file as malicious. The embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8201

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • 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://sunuf.co.za/XSRYdR1H?utm_term=monkey+wrench+answers+september+3+2018 PDF link annotation
    • http://mictrogiang.com/userfiles/files/88718122011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmduncanrealty.com/userfiles/files/33195182954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ndmoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/62649759784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ottotech.center/userfiles/file/44039880758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/tarabaguxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://renyixia.com/uploadfile/file/20211206161156195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/kodibubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lepinacle.hk/editor_upload/file/2113663837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chennothinterios.com/uploads/file/31191204586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/63461032287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sana-anong.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/3732160499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/28552657593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jurekugunux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16152702f80e0b---mobefefikeku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honeystraw.com/uploadfiles/file/dazonuluxunadipulafodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e5649947b01---80608251559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/he6gm3drrllclbs1p51ie1t3e2/nekovuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/82586893235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/54650040649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.akita-tourism.com/assets/admin/plugins/kcfinder/files/73021751725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottopianos.nl/files/bimela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evaemlak.com/userfiles/file///30914160513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://temporar.mirceaseminee.ro/printuri-fi/files/73352090594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minlinart.com/archive/upload/files/varoxenerirumoxibiwefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a7bc960147---70013414384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladachess.ru/userfiles/file/wuloxaxakiwexenufanusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/wakogoxozesoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweepinstyle.com/userfiles/file/78097805241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuguchair.com/upfolder/e/files/20211010110225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chmurova.cz/files/riwasuvakumaxaforek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111d37d1d666---90011728103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzyixiangchem.com/upload/files/fupupekebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nusamulticentralestari.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/xibesawu.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00032d38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32D38 11600 bytes
SHA-256: d30b7a6e587fae42a2589213e8467efda5764e0e3b113be1f2a2e8fba29e2520
font_01_sfnt_off00034893.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34893 17320 bytes
SHA-256: 99da1005f40b6000df0102910fd7da3acedae44bfbc86da81b4d8bfa9350987b
font_02_sfnt_off000375bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x375BB 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 924ad5cb737cfd9a34472b2046831991df4d3950e5f0d7b552a18309318c2ee9