MALICIOUS
62
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic, which are likely intended to direct users to malicious websites. The document body, while truncated, suggests a lure related to 'Bidvest bank investment options' and other financial topics to entice clicks. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links points towards a phishing or redirection attack.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.1457
Heuristics 2
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Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARMSmall PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
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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 http://phcccolorado.org/index.php?2015/arabtera.pdf&effpp=1&aspx=1657
- http://phcccolorado.org/index.php?2015/arabtera.pdf&effpp=1&aspx=1510
- http://phcccolorado.org/index.php?2015/arabtera.pdf&effpp=1&aspx=449
- http://www.prequine.com/index.php?2015/torcida.pdf&fcldj=1&aspx=1519
- http://www.nibl.co.nz/index.php?2015/decision.pdf&angzv=1&aspx=704
- http://dyrlaegecentret.dk/index.php?2015/typestitch.pdf&hjhle=1&aspx=sitemap
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