MALICIOUS
90
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF contains a large number of embedded external links, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. While many of these links point to benign book titles, the sheer volume and the nature of the heuristic suggest a malicious intent, possibly for SEO manipulation or to serve as a lure for further malicious activity. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. No scripts were extracted from this sample.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9920
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://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3207203204201205/The-Christmas-Brides-A-McKettrick-Christmas-A-Creed-Country-Christmas-McKettricks-10-Montana-Creeds-4-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3207204206201200/A-Lawman-s-Christmas-McKettricks-14-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200209206204200208/Christmas-in-Mustang-Creek-Two-full-stories-for-the-price-of-one-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/9206201201203206/McKettricks-Bundle-McKettricks-6-8-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/8200204208209204/L-a-n-des-McKettrick-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3207203202201205/Christmas-Proposals-Her-Christmas-Romeo-The-Tycoon-s-Christmas-Engagement-A-Bride-for-Christmas-by-Carole-Mortimer.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/2209206207203205/A-Cowboy-For-Christmas-Copper-Mountain-Christmas-1-The-Scott-Brothers-of-Montana-1-by-Katherine-Garbera.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1205203201203207/Garrett-McKettricks-12-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/4206209209204204/All-a-Cowboy-Wants-for-Christmas-Waiting-for-Christmas-His-Christmas-Wish-Once-Upon-a-Frontier-Christmas-by-Judith-Stacy.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3200203204209202/Shotgun-Bride-McKettricks-2-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3204207206203206/Sierra-s-Homecoming-McKettricks-5-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/2208207205206206/Shotgun-Bride-McKettricks-2-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3200203204205208/Secondhand-Bride-McKettricks-3-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/5200202209200203/White-Christmas-Bloody-Christmas-Finally-the-True-Story-of-the-Lawson-Family-Murders-of-Christmas-Day-1929-by-M-Bruce-Jones.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/9200200204203200/The-Girl-Who-Saved-Christmas-A-Boy-Called-Christmas-Father-Christmas-and-Me-by-Matt-Haig.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3204204207209208/Big-Sky-River-Parable-Montana-3-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3204201209200203/Big-Sky-Mountain-Parable-Montana-2-by-Linda-Lael-Miller.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200202204205209206/Christmas-Eve-and-Christmas-Day-Ten-Christmas-Stories-by-Edward-Everett-Hale.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3207204205209201/A-Snowy-Christmas-in-Wyoming-Creeds-Crossing-1-by-E-Ayers.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/2202205201205208/A-Puppy-for-Christmas-On-the-Secretary-s-Christmas-List-The-Soldier-the-Puppy-and-Me-The-Patter-of-Paws-at-Christmas-by-Carole-Mortimer.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/2209206207203205/A-Cowboy-For-Christmas-Copper-Mountain-Christmas-1-The-Scot
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