MALICIOUS
130
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious Link
The PDF contains embedded links and a heuristic firing for an external URI, both pointing to 'uncpbisdegree.com'. The ML classifier also flagged the PDF as malicious. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic suggests a social engineering lure to trick the user into downloading a file from these suspicious URLs.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8409
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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PDF carries a PHP-gateway SEO-spam PDF link farm medium PDF_SEO_PHP_GATEWAY_LINK_FARMPDF 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.
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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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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=war-of-honor-honor-harrington-series-book-10.pdf In PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=war-of-honor-honor-harrington-series-book-10.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://infodump.thefifthimperium.com/series/Harrington/In PDF document text
- http://www.favoriteauthornotification.com/author_book_list.php?authorID=1312In PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/windows-7-configuration-answers-chapter-5.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/uss-franklin-d-roosevelt-reunion.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/vw-t4-workshop-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/wiring-diagram-toyota-ae101-1997.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/seiko-szzb14-watches-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/sony-pcg-v505ec-laptops-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/when-santa-turned-green.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/vernier-motor-construction-diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/standard-schedules-information-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/sharp-training-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_HarringtonIn PDF document text
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_Harrington_seriesIn PDF document text
- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ashes-of-victory-david-weber/1103275772In PDF document text
- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/echoes-of-honor-limited-leatherbound-edition-david-weber/1127209046In PDF document text
- http://www.baen.com/uncompromising-honor-earc.htmlIn PDF document text
- http://www.baen.com/shadow-of-victory.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_HarringtonIn PDF document text
- http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-US&dl=en&lp=DE_EN&a=https%3a%2f%2fde.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fHonor_HarringtonIn PDF document text
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LongRunningBookSeriesIn PDF document text
- https://www.fanfiction.net/crossovers/book/In PDF document text
- https://www.fanfiction.net/book/In PDF document text
- http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/PoirotIn PDF document text
- http://marvel.com/comics/characters/1009165/avengersIn PDF document text
- http://www.indiewire.com/gallery/new-tv-shows-fall-2017-2018-season-first-look-series/#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
- http://hawaiifiveo.wikia.com/wiki/Hawaii_Five-O_In PDF document text
- https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/LiberationFontLicenseIn PDF document text
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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font_00_sfnt_off00004857.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4857 | 10364 bytes |
SHA-256: 763612c099beeb5445b9df138c45bbdaa464c3dce1b8f0be5b1db08e46a5c3f0 |
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font_01_sfnt_off00006952.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6952 | 7544 bytes |
SHA-256: 035636a60eccd6ce3409f9312fe5b86cb3bf49cc1c94cb4fa5f681cbc754978d |
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