MALICIOUS
102
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious Link
The PDF contains heuristics indicating it is a fake download lure, specifically using SEO poisoning techniques. The embedded URLs point to a domain designed to serve malicious files. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern suggests a malicious document intended to trick users into downloading a secondary payload.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9648
Heuristics 4
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Fake 'free download' SEO-poisoning PDF critical PDF_SEO_FAKE_DOWNLOADThe 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.
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Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTONDocument contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
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External URI info PDF_URIPDF contains an external URL action
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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://uncpbisdegree.com/download3.php?q=the-heart-of-a-goof-pg-wodehouse.pdf
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=the-heart-of-a-goof-pg-wodehouse.pdf
- http://www.pgwodehousebooks.com/simplebiblio.htm
- http://www.scottishgolfhistory.org/news/albatross-in-golf/
- http://www.oldtimetv.net/old-time-radio-uk-comedy-entertainment/
- http://www.vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/stateofaffairs/circus/2014.html
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/yanmar-engine-manuals.pdf
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/serway-7th-edition-solution.pdf
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/wedding-cards-design-games.pdf
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/world-car-design-of-the-year-2014.pdf
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/spelling-and-thinking-answers-unit-16.pdf
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/telehandler-test-questions-and-answers.pdf
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/tec-ma-156user-manual.pdf
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/weather-studies-investigations-manual-2015-answer.pdf
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-indian-in-the-cupboard-trilogy.pdf
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-bird-market-of-paris-a-memoir-nikki-moustaki.pdf
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG_Wodehouse
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeeves
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BuffySpeak
- http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839&CLCID=0409
- http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=246338&CLCID=0409
- https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=868922
- http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=286759&CLCID=409
- http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617297
- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicense
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
font_00_sfnt_off0000388a.bindc1e22dbe74382e65197c3f9cdffe1bc99b7065450f5614c252788e5a15654d7 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x388A | 10564 bytes |
font_01_sfnt_off00005a07.bin1e47a050699eb69007443ff899ae30c136889c843c48f6da89f1ec155d8c9b65 |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5A07 | 7104 bytes |
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