MALICIOUS
156
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.007 JavaScript
The PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to potentially compromised websites. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=design+research+methodology+pdf', are designed to mislead users into believing they are accessing legitimate content, while actually directing them to malicious hosts. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains metadata suggesting it was generated by wkhtmltopdf, a tool often used to create PDFs from web content, further supporting the lure-based attack pattern.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998
Heuristics 6
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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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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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=design+research+methodology+pdf PDF link annotation
- http://americanpetrochemicals.com/customers/CMS-IMAGES/file/30499805249.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/1746966067.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://jetaime-shop.com/files/nedala.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://nutronicltd.com/userfiles/file/xinupusoniziwukebofani.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/nunorejoviwisubi.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9796b1c62---xaxipebisasejaxujemab.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://jyjwqj.com/uploadfile/file/%5C/2021061005020399.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2d4f3cb32---78410311137.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vm1g65vcd7b11lgket7serj200/jinegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160711f2235bbc---pedizobode.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ecf86382c0---97332706783.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b83e0cbaed60b391f59c075ac1421d6c/2151572031.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/38895809644.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c2c076e405---pewulibematupomosemisavu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/45794362046.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
- http://www.daltonmaag.com/In 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 3
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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font_00_sfnt_off0000fe3b.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3B | 5460 bytes |
SHA-256: 6e6aff36a325c18c0a7d4cb073dcea874603ccc20e1c4f8d614f2a7c0b4e67db |
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font_01_sfnt_off000110a1.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110A1 | 11468 bytes |
SHA-256: c59a0ebb1e42eccd125ff87fc84630f28fa5e99c39d4231f8dded16c1de8a293 |
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font_02_sfnt_off00013572.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13572 | 4324 bytes |
SHA-256: ce7e2e230a41ba6fc2d7d2240890c8289d67876d84a3d076d67c0b48111c8230 |
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