Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e1b0d31913d6e56…

MALICIOUS

PDF

423.1 KB Created: 2022-03-20 16:36:44 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-04-09
MD5: 1f97daf2286e411edfe8ca6fbc1c0c10 SHA-1: 7bc245da4748b8344e29d3227477a48600533590 SHA-256: 5e1b0d31913d6e56a2146ab8d3d382a6deec690f37f1e4ea2eaec86c58fb1993
161 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which are hosted on compromised websites or point to SEO redirectors, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment. The embedded document body text, while truncated, includes URLs that are likely intended to lure the user into downloading or accessing malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4959

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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.
  • PDF advertises pirated movie streaming/download medium PDF_PIRACY_STREAMING_LURE
    PDF rendered text advertises free full-movie streaming or download using piracy-brand names or a 'full movie + download/free/watch' intent phrase — recovered after folding the styled Unicode confusables the campaign uses to hide those keywords from plain-text detection. These are disposable SEO-spam carriers that route users to malvertising, fake-player, and scam pages; the PDF itself is inert.
  • 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://norin.co.za/XSRYdR1H?utm_term=russian+cursive+writing+worksheets PDF link annotation
    • https://mayorista.cristobalcolon.com/userfiles/file/75378682398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/turesibutukikofotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hglobaltourb2c.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20220226_6311C7A3C9C7F68B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konyaalotaksi.com/userfiles/file/91985194790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arenerachicamocha.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35824228306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanmih.com/userfiles/file/20220306234702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20220212164462838929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioesflores.pl/obrazy/file/fatitezenoxezobetamaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nyig.com/files/file/redokajotimase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gidromall.ru/img/uploads/file/gaxuxexufarovorus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kamerton.nl/clientfiles/bavujogojatala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovstav.cz/app/webroot/files/files/natewadedaxas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1620b08714a6ab---3450403533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modernplating.com/userfiles/file/67614486194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/49728279865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.privathospitaletkollund.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pemeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/pevoliguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16235d45e854d3---kulevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file///2022022607153941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artvideo74.ru/upfiles/files/50537282442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/92459075806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16213a79ad16c2---89174159800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kocavietnam.com/upload/files/95230753485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53213574401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis-samara.ru/img/file/46198989928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/fosumofogafufenolos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cst.rnu.tn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dupuruxuzujaji.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 extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off0006259e.bin)
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn extracted file (font_00_sfnt_off0006259e.bin)

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0006259e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6259E 10852 bytes
SHA-256: d422d5bd7ab7966cf0ac396a035def76455507c32ffad78850a9826eef7a48dd
font_01_sfnt_off00063ec4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63EC4 20336 bytes
SHA-256: cfac6c159fcb23ad684d8c684456d3047e42397307ed78c36fd95e80123ee240
font_02_sfnt_off0006748f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6748F 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 924ad5cb737cfd9a34472b2046831991df4d3950e5f0d7b552a18309318c2ee9