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=valuation-the-art-and-science-of-corporate-investment-decisions.pdf In PDF document text

  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=valuation-the-art-and-science-of-corporate-investment-decisions.pdfIn PDF document text
  • https://www.bvresources.com/products/business-valuation-updateIn PDF document text
  • http://www.propsci.com/corporate/ExecManagement.aspxIn PDF document text
  • http://www.boer.org/files/2003.pdfIn PDF document text
  • https://hyasgroup.com/In PDF document text
  • https://theinvestmentinstitute.org/In PDF document text
  • https://www.ashford.edu/online-degrees/online-courses/business-coursesIn PDF document text
  • http://www.umuc.edu/academic-programs/bachelors-degrees/finance-major.cfmIn PDF document text
  • https://www.bluemountaincapital.com/who-we-are/In PDF document text
  • http://mastersinvest.com/newblogIn PDF document text
  • http://consulting.blumshapiro.com/In PDF document text
  • http://bridgehousecanada.com/investment-managers/brandes/In PDF document text
  • https://keystonecapital.com/In PDF document text
  • https://www.suntrust.com/commercial-corporate-banking/products-services/treasury-managementIn PDF document text
  • http://www.askivy.net/articles/investment-banking/interview-preparation/how-to-answer-why-investment-bankingIn PDF document text
  • https://www.bxmix.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.sais-jhu.edu/miefIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-man-in-the-gray-flannel-skirt.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/solutions-of-evt-question-paper-2017.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/trends-and-prospects-in-motivation-research-1st-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/solutions-to-management-accounting-by-atkinson.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-brotherhood-of-the-magi.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-art-and-power-of-being-a-lady.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/twilight-of-the-superheroes-deborah-eisenberg.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/study-guide-for-first-class-boiler-license.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/toyota-corolla-electrical-wiring-diagram-rollaclub.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-end-of-the-post-war-era-documents-on-great-power-relations-1968-1975.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2016/08/19/valuation-and-the-case-of-false-precision/In PDF document text
  • https://www.ucc.ie/modules/descriptions/page001.htmlIn PDF document text
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ManagementIn PDF document text
  • https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/bachelors/bs-in-accounting-financeIn PDF document text
  • https://www.snhu.edu/online-degreesIn PDF document text
  • https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/bachelorsIn PDF document text
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FinanceIn PDF document text
  • https://www.wsj.com/graphics/billion-dollar-club/In PDF document text
  • http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/directory/raviv_artur.aspxIn PDF document text
  • http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty.aspxIn PDF document text
  • http://home.ubalt.edu/ntsbarsh/opre640/partXIII.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/calendar/courseGuides/graduate.htmIn PDF document text
  • https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/masters/ms-in-financeIn PDF document text
  • https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/mastersIn PDF document text
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378014000685In PDF document text
  • https://www.franklin.edu/degrees/bachelors/business-administrationIn 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

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