MALICIOUS
130
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious Link
The PDF file contains embedded URLs that point to a suspicious domain, likely intended to trick the user into downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of a download button lure further supports the malicious intent. No scripts were extracted, limiting the ability to determine the exact payload or persistence mechanisms.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6978
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=world-of-music-seventh-edition.pdf In PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=world-of-music-seventh-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.textbooks.com/World-of-Music---With-3-CDs-7th-Edition/9780077342616/David-Willoughby.phpIn PDF document text
- https://www.textbooks.com/Catalog/HK1/Survey-of-Music-Appreciation.php?CSID=ABJDKSJDKSUZJDDAKMTOOOSABIn PDF document text
- https://www.studyblue.com/notes/b/the-world-of-music/13154/0In PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/staff-services-analyst-test-preparation-study-guide.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-collected-works-of-paddy-chayefsky-the-stage-plays.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-holographic-universe-michael-talbot.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-meaning-of-three-behind-the-mask.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-married-kama-sutra-the-world-apos-s-least-erotic-sex-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/surgical-techniques-in-ophthalmology-refractive-surgery.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-furies-a-thriller-mark-alpert.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-face-of-war.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/sport-tracker-5800-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/studies-in-the-gospel-of-the-kingdom-volume-3-series-no-1.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-world-of-music-seventh-edition-mw0002048728In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/World-Music-David-Willoughby/dp/0078025168In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/books-used-books-textbooks/b?ie=UTF8&node=283155In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/Arts-Photography-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=1In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/Music-Entertainment-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=4507In PDF document text
- http://choice.microsoft.comIn PDF document text
- https://www.chegg.com/textbooks/the-world-of-music-7th-edition-9780073401416-0073401412In PDF document text
- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/world-of-music-david-willoughby/1100033115In PDF document text
- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=the+world+of+music+7th+editionIn PDF document text
- http://www.ebay.comIn PDF document text
- https://quizlet.com/112258077/the-world-of-music-7th-edition-flash-cards/In PDF document text
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1977309.The_World_of_MusicIn PDF document text
- https://www.routledge.com/Excursions-in-World-Music-Seventh-Edition-7th-Edition/Nettl-Rommen/p/book/9781138101463In PDF document text
- https://www.chegg.com/textbooks/excursions-in-world-music-seventh-edition-7th-edition-9781138101463-113810146xIn PDF document text
- https://www.bing.com/aclick?ld=d3vY55w9JQNiBlPcV0ObK2LjVUCUwUTZj4M2WOvpBUsVzLaKh7f9PvaMy0WG1E7_YA7t53Ai6_Yx_Mbv_DntLrrLccp_7SiurdBFkTIU_4Qy4q3AgROkYLgS__g12NezdWMs5MrQrL26df6Ly85505vBu0f0bzSbtUVWnlrko_n9G87GCU&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fs%2f%3fie%3dUTF8%26keywords%3dthe%2bworld%2bof%2bmusic%2b7th%2bedition%26tag%3dmh0b-20%26index%3daps%26hvadid%3d77927937948688%26hvqmt%3db%26hvbmt%3dbb%26hvdev%3dc%26ref%3dpd_sl_95u71agzld_bIn PDF document text
- http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617350In 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://www.allmusic.com/album/the-world-of-music-seventh-editionIn PDF document text
- https://www.chegg.com/textbooks/the-world-of-music-7th-editionIn PDF document text
- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/world-of-music-david-willoughby/In PDF document text
- https://quizlet.com/112258077/the-world-of-music-7th-edition-flashIn PDF document text
- https://www.routledge.com/Excursions-in-World-Music-SeventhIn PDF document text
- https://www.chegg.com/textbooks/excursions-in-world-music-seventhIn PDF document text
- https://www.bing.com/aclick?ld=d3NUiDECDXhA4rFoUF9ec_UjVUCUyZSIFgNBdrOS1B3Zh9dVAJUjzvNOQ2GDy9flzBFjBn1UfiIyPIwKL-Suc2gwxIA4kbVhdCtIK22moHhahYUxQIJ1RLvsOFyuHZfumZKtrCTmUv5w4UdPn943LO2MLgCNxH6NF2IpTuI6iCiQrIWyV7&u=https%3a%2f%2frover.ebay.com%2frover%2f1%2f711-213727-13078-0%2f2%3fmpre%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.com%252Fitm%252Flike%252F253447240039%26itemid%3d253447240039%26targetid%3d4580565442312291%26device%3dc%26adtype%3d%7badtype%7d%26googleloc%3d%26poi%3d%26campaignid%3d301076558%26adgroupid%3d1231453110139734%26rlsatarget%3dpla-4580565442312291%26abcId%3d1129776%26merchantid%3d51291%26query%3dworld%2520of%2520music%2520seventh%2520editionIn 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_off0000a815.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA815 | 15992 bytes |
SHA-256: f0e18eaf06c009e5c7f5aa20ac414bd407eed8cbf5ccdc93c7be73251317114c |
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font_01_sfnt_off0000d7e7.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7E7 | 10580 bytes |
SHA-256: ef67baaf7f3b7bdb6d738e1b68419c71a34637122327a8e563a28b83e0f6b714 |
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