MALICIOUS
130
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF file contains embedded URLs and a heuristic firing for PDF_URI, indicating an attempt to redirect the user to external content. The document body also includes a call-to-action phrase, suggesting a social engineering lure. The ML classifier flagged this PDF as malicious with a high probability. The primary malicious indicators are the suspicious URLs pointing to a domain likely used for distributing malicious files.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9136
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=send-why-people-email-so-badly-and-how-to-do-it-better-2nd-revised-edition.pdf In PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=send-why-people-email-so-badly-and-how-to-do-it-better-2nd-revised-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.barrymasteller.com/images/HTMLobj-4264/book/download-Fundamentals-of-Investments%2C-2nd-Edition.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://mythcreants.com/blog/5th-edition-dungeons-and-dragons-hasnt-learned-from-its-mistakes/In PDF document text
- http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=472In PDF document text
- http://www.softwarevoucher.com/quicken-2016-release-date/In PDF document text
- http://www.realjewnews.com/?p=572In PDF document text
- http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/notebook.htmIn PDF document text
- http://www.recoveringgrace.org/2016/03/bill-gothards-powerless-gospel/In PDF document text
- http://ralphus.net/archives/gimp2015/sep15.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://thephysicianprimer.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.nigelbirdbooks.co.uk/html/nigels_notes.htmlIn PDF document text
- http://edzardernst.com/2015/03/the-final-verdict-on-homeopathy-its-a-placebo/In PDF document text
- https://ipasstheciaexam.com/cia-exam-part-3/In PDF document text
- http://www.fountainsnetwork.com/In PDF document text
- http://sweetlawfirm.com/ebook/download-Advanced-Flip-Chip-Packaging-2013.htmlIn PDF document text
- http://kaner.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.truebiblecode.com/In PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/theroux-collected-stories.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/shadows-on-the-rock-willa-cather.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/thermo-king-wiring-schematics-sl200.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/separations-startup-guide-wasatch-softrip-sp.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-tale-of-mr-tod.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/study-guide-for-nebraska-insurance-test.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/un-camino-nuevo.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/texas-end-of-course-writing-prompts.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/technology-transgenics-and-a-practical-moral-code.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-usborne-first-book-of-the-piano-first-music.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://www.newscientist.com/lastword/In PDF document text
- http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/In PDF document text
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DatingIn PDF document text
- https://www.cnbc.com/politics/?redirect=1In PDF document text
- http://www.philly.com/philly/archives/In PDF document text
- http://abcnews.go.com/InternationalIn PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/Guide-Business-Analysis-Knowledge-BABOK/dp/1927584027In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/Business-Money-Investing-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=3In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/Management-Leadership-Business-Investing-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=2675In PDF document text
- https://www.theinquirer.net/In PDF document text
- https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/In PDF document text
- https://www.wsj.com/news/technologyIn PDF document text
- https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/experts/In PDF document text
- http://www.askamanager.org/2015/08/tell-us-your-worst-intern-horror-stories.htmlIn 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
Extracted artifacts 2
Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.
| Filename | Kind | Source | Size |
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font_00_sfnt_off00005333.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5333 | 9688 bytes |
SHA-256: b778518413b90bca18f73bf03e492acb401120e69360721611f4090aff335d7a |
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font_01_sfnt_off00007231.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7231 | 7164 bytes |
SHA-256: 5f3da3c75aa81e29e128ee29f67ec20b69edc1f0a2a102927c2ee6ee43496aa1 |
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