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=solution-of-problems-introductory-nuclear-physics-wong.pdf In PDF document text

  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=solution-of-problems-introductory-nuclear-physics-wong.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators3B_1_EL.htmlIn PDF document text
  • https://www.iwocl.org/iwocl-2018/conference-program/In PDF document text
  • https://www.iwocl.org/iwocl-2018/In PDF document text
  • http://www.spcs.edu.hk/index00.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://ijera.com/pages/v2no6.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.iitk.ac.in/nicee/wcee/fifteenth_conf_purtgal/In PDF document text
  • http://www.sternberg-press.com/index.php?pageId=3&l=enIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-scepter-of-the-nile.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/tonal-harmony-workbook-answer-key.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/toxic-ocean.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/songhai-africa.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/super-buddy-operation-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/ufos-a-great-new-dawn-for-humanity.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-nightmare-factory-thomas-ligotti.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/slk-r170-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-girl-from-poor-house-lane-complete-series.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/tina-s-mouth-an-existential-comic-diary.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://exploredegrees.stanford.edu/schoolofengineering/electricalengineering/In PDF document text
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_ActionIn PDF document text
  • http://dx.doi.org/In PDF document text
  • http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/In PDF document text
  • https://www.edge.org/responses/what-scientific-concept-would-improve-everybodys-cognitive-toolkitIn PDF document text
  • https://musis1.missouri.edu/gradedist/mu_grade_dist_intro.cfmIn PDF document text
  • https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/In PDF document text
  • https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/etdIn PDF document text
  • https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertationsIn PDF document text
  • https://www.onelook.com/pm/In PDF document text
  • http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-US&dl=en&lp=ZH-CHT_EN&a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.spcs.edu.hk%2findex00.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://cran.stat.ucla.edu/web/packages/available_packages_by_name.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.syfy.com/scifiIn PDF document text
  • http://www.loot.co.za/index/html/index2584.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://feeds.wnyc.org/radiolab?format=xmlIn PDF document text
  • https://www.omicsonline.org/scholarly/ethical-issues-in-health-care--journals-articles-ppts-list.phpIn PDF document text
  • http://www.loot.co.za/index/html/index689.htmlIn PDF document text
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQIn PDF document text
  • https://y.qq.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?ref=SERP&br=ro&mkt=en-US&dl=en&lp=ZH-CHS_EN&a=https%3a%2f%2fy.qq.com%2fIn 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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