Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2bd018a60a79474…

MALICIOUS

PDF

219.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 09:59:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: eeb324391ec55c0b3dabc4fd25c18725 SHA-1: c192c106e92e48846030e47cf6c85077c6a3be72 SHA-256: a2bd018a60a794740310a67fed73c0557efc30a1e3ef2266637d5e2f8141e534
166 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links and heuristics indicating it is designed for phishing, specifically using an 'image lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing)'. The primary URL identified is 'https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+educational+theory+of+immanuel+kant', which likely leads to a malicious site. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9868

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+educational+theory+of+immanuel+kant PDF link annotation
    • http://rehahomecare.com/upload/editor/files/lituzomivuwotoworutavabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eltonltd.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/59549901687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sjalikave.hu/pictures/file/35700139284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsforwarriors.org/userfiles/files/vavowexofadovejivipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/70041808172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/27664146473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dwhs79.com/clients/15834/File/kokuxetum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morethancars.nl/uploads/edytor/file/55210140398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ggt6i2m28i4lmp48hu4j6q21f/22264658412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c39ea1c018---xulukuwuxisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isystem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ninez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac268c1284b---13614066605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074259a99e81---napurazozezovejotewivawin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mb7lr4j1rfgp01ckgrrtpo2oaf/89979575518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namjapizza.com/app/webroot/files/jevarametimewevuzodetade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j77nogktldd7vcmcc65d3ot2pv/dakisaredovavewilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa595ed471---76916849665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/30788063448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sixteengrams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2djc7nlk49ldvtbj1cnsmi044p/16212359767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/165593165460a92c6830c82.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ef263d0e2a6f3d083d91f00beb9f4cf/3875109796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28324b8538---18158230447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/66342896716.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_off0002f7de.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F7DE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00030ff0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30FF0 21912 bytes
SHA-256: 03d19d4763ed4017b56a2f1eaf316f08a6abdea7f1d09204b1d7450c450632f7
font_02_sfnt_off00034642.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34642 10840 bytes
SHA-256: f05c7c5f8fbff048da518e3b37431d28a72242237b90d723a2857e0592db79ba