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=volvo-md2-diesel-wiring-diagram.pdf In PDF document text

  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=volvo-md2-diesel-wiring-diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://burnscamp.org.uk/6/3/becoming-visible-in-iran-women-in-contemporary-iranian-society.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/3/101023.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/stalker-moving-radar-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/split-pin-paper-characters.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/stihl-fe-55-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/to-life-eco-art-in-pursuit-of-a-sustainable-planet.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/team-handbook-peter-scholtes.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-plague-of-doves-a-novel.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/solutions-manual-for-wackerly-mendenhall.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/siemens-washing-machine-user-manual-xlp1400.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-last-carousel.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-ghost-in-the-little-house-a-life-of-rose-wilder-lane.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.dictionary.com/e/s/word-of-the-year-list/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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