MALICIOUS
156
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File
The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure related to a 'Dubai tourist map'.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997
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://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/jilus.pdf In PDF document text
- https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/taibnp2eh1cn2al5gjtgaujao3/2320267792.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m0dt5db7nu37ck5v37gqlaj02p/likazividuvobazi.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608992069fef7---mebovomo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/sizonanitutozunedigiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8d47468b5aede4191805a6c2cf2e13c/gasatuzol.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b231b6bb5601d948befbc9517e4547de/xefovis.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080992645f9a---gamimaloxasuronarekos.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3dc34a2b4---60498634192.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://aprendanow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9c9d2605045fa7cf2da1cdf78c7520e/sofejo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/17242249907.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2u2ob7jkodokaufs4mndo1pql3/jatelelewuboxire.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787fd9964b5---guzif.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879023e19e3---30372894933.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/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=dubai+tourist+mapPDF 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://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
- http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn 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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stream_005_off0001354f.bin |
decompressed-pdf-stream | PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1354F | 21276 bytes |
SHA-256: c838918348f06d4d95322e7a6a50a4410e2ec21052e807bcb28ad1bd7f363744 |
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font_00_sfnt_off0000fc58.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC58 | 5072 bytes |
SHA-256: b0bbcceb641edea68b9dd4981402d3095388b33d5887fda72e6d2d43dc6d61bd |
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font_01_sfnt_off00010d7f.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7F | 11576 bytes |
SHA-256: a5199661c1746720d6fee85f0cf624689595735ff034042f03afd45273b32c48 |
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