MALICIOUS
164
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution
This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998
Heuristics 7
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ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTIONClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
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PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARMPDF 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.
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Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARMSmall 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.
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Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTONDocument contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
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External URI info PDF_URIPDF contains an external URL action
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Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTALThe 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.
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Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URLOne 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://paloaltospeakerseries.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76faa1eb07614e35e1e91643f0e97ef0/26716797287.pdf In PDF document text
- https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373b6a9233b75dc26842c55c91dc5023/noxaxazenol.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef3e1111c5---11888051609.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a342b00474e---60689054171.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160771ddc2dc50---11154841969.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729b857fd8d---22816559866.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881abc91ae3---48885791222.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6efaec71ef---vuwobaviliwekukaben.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077733fcef46---23529054890.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.jimenez-casquet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f54663e50f---69418599670.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d1efcc09d---74102719193.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/bobosabupafesag.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086adb99cf8e---92269962040.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://georgiamusicpartners.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99a3ea35abd8fe0efd07c1ff2b69c364/zibepifezujejape.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gr572bbgjrpg65ibpru5nqo7ic/94792392829.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://mangmalungtea.com/userfiles/file/javazejetod.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=don%2527t+be+a+menace+to+south+movie+downloadPDF link annotation
- 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.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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font_00_sfnt_off0000d41a.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD41A | 5408 bytes |
SHA-256: 9902335c6a743daf4a954feced558f3bd3e9c6d69639662784e7eb6a7a5ddbef |
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font_01_sfnt_off0000e67c.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67C | 10236 bytes |
SHA-256: 3ad8f9d43d46f60ecd6dd53d5a97526f99eb23f3d3f21ec720c435e450272763 |
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