Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Heuristics 4

• Fake 'free download' SEO-poisoning PDF critical PDF_SEO_FAKE_DOWNLOAD
  The ML classifier flagged this PDF AND it carries a visual download/call-to-action lure AND an off-domain server-side download-gateway link whose query string names a document payload. This three-signal conjunction is the fake-document / 'free PDF download' SEO-poisoning delivery pattern: the page is padded with benign decoy links to dilute classifier scores while funnelling the victim through the gateway to malware/scareware. Acting only on the conjunction keeps benign download-bearing PDFs from being misflagged.
• PDF carries a PHP-gateway SEO-spam PDF link farm medium PDF_SEO_PHP_GATEWAY_LINK_FARM
  PDF contains four or more clickable links whose target is a `.php` gateway with a multi-word search-PHRASE document slug embedded after it (e.g. 'index.php?.../binary+options+trading+nz.pdf' or 'pdf.php/cialis-dosage-side-effects.pdf'). Legitimate PHP-served documents use a filename or numeric id, not a search-query phrase, so this is the generated SEO link-farm shape — pharma / binary-options / 'free download' spam that ranks for queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
• Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
  Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
• Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
  One 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://uncpbisdegree.com/download3.php?q=the-good-sister-drusilla-campbell.pdf In PDF document text

  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=the-good-sister-drusilla-campbell.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.nationalreadinggroupmonth.org/ggr_selections.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.globalgraffiti.com/family/sizemore/dickey.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.combs-families.org/combs/marriage/dd.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.unithistories.com/officers/Army_officers_C01.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.triepels.com/good-transition-words-and-phrases-for-essaysIn PDF document text
  • http://www.wvgenweb.org/marshall/obitr.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.slavens.net/pics/index.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://omalmalamutes.com/omal/naming.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.cagenweb.com/lake/lakeIn PDF document text
  • http://www.chathamnewsandrecord.com/obituaries-dec-31-2015-dec-4-2014/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ingenweb.org/inparke/obitsB.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.chartiers.com/crumrine/twp-wfinley.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.crossfirereviews.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.aonang.com/resorts.phpIn PDF document text
  • http://www.awkwardmomentsbible.com/shocking-pastors-on-the-prowl/In PDF document text
  • http://www.abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/s.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.kykinfolk.com/henry/brickwall.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-balkans-a-short-history-modern-library-chronicles-mark-mazower.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/vicky-angel.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/zazzle-interior-design-business-cards.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/tersus-installation-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/vw-t3-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-digestive-concept-mapping-chapter-35.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-impact-of-science-on-society-bertrand-russell.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/vascular-dementia.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/what-the-ceo-wants-you-to-know-the-little-book-of-big-business.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/we-used-to-own-the-bronx-memoirs-of-a-former-debutante.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/authors/cIn PDF document text
  • http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvenEvilHasLovedOnesIn PDF document text
  • http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlwaysSomeoneBetterIn PDF document text
  • https://www.eonline.com/news/In PDF document text
  • https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=3894In PDF document text
  • https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/In PDF document text
  • https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/encyclopedia.phpIn PDF document text
  • https://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=3788In PDF document text
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_MagdaleneIn PDF document text
  • http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/sercombe.htmlIn PDF document text
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Garfield_Show_episodesIn PDF document text
  • https://www.onelook.com/pm/In PDF document text
  • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839&CLCID=0409In PDF document text
  • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=246338&CLCID=0409In PDF document text
  • https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=868922In PDF document text
  • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=286759&CLCID=409In PDF document text
  • http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617297In PDF document text
  • https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicenseIn PDF document text

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