MALICIOUS
176
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.007 JavaScript
This PDF file exhibits multiple indicators of malicious activity, including malformed streams and a high ML classifier score. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely to distribute further malware or engage in phishing. The embedded URLs suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading malicious files under the guise of academic resources.
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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Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTHA PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
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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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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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=social+psychology+7th+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
- https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608825719dd05---34924878919.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grsj0phlct6ee02dfecdf6deq4/4883494604.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/68243641507.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab1e0f71cbf---4312563684.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/dakaziza.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b62d3523f6---bepigizusurujebuwadikimu.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3af174fae4---57465159197.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b97d477c39---5790949813.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://baptistfriends.org/media/43670503149.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8f4fd8f454---71735385893.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/5857266637.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c560faa9860---78142987980.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://digimaap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51faoopbkptjbkid8fgudp4gst/tikukovab.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://szzxwx.com/Upload/Upload/file/2021614319538468.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://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_off0000e4d9.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4D9 | 5604 bytes |
SHA-256: 60bd9566f68f18014cec56f3cefddd4531fa3ca019e2eb34da0522e3fe7b0c61 |
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font_01_sfnt_off0000f7fe.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FE | 10440 bytes |
SHA-256: 5f5989cc2ec0c32d87dbcec8a78a0b5ae9fe1f3e90e84d681782aa5afbf35188 |
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