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=world-poverty-for-dummies.pdf In PDF document text

  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=world-poverty-for-dummies.pdfIn PDF document text
  • https://www.islam-for-dummies.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.michaelparenti.org/Imperialism101.htmlIn PDF document text
  • https://prepareforchange.net/2018/04/03/extreme-poverty-returns-to-america/In PDF document text
  • http://www.rooshv.com/credit-default-swaps-for-dummiesIn PDF document text
  • http://www.bibme.org/In PDF document text
  • http://www.econterms.com/econtent.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.wacc.org.uk/In PDF document text
  • http://www.unseen-pedia.com/united-nations-u-n-agenda-21-depopulation-95-world-year-2030-now-underway-signed-approved-200-world-leaders/In PDF document text
  • http://www.whoismcafee.com/the-travel-guide/In PDF document text
  • https://chiefessays.net/110-cause-and-effect-essay-topics-will-provide-you-with-fresh-ideas/In PDF document text
  • http://www.naturalmoney.org/macroeconomics.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/soa-in-practice-the-art-of-distributed-system-design.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-blessing-nancy-mitford.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-limits-of-racial-domination-plebeian-society-in-colonial-mexico-city-1660-1720.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/toyota-2e-te-vacuum-diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/torrent-river-of-time-3-lisa-tawn-bergren.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-first-american-life-and-times-of-benjamin-franklin-hw-brands.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/sobre-heroes-y-tumbas.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-out-of-town-expert-w-a-briefcase-by-doug-wead.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/ssc-je-electrical-answer-key-2012.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/stoichiometry-ch-12-test.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.dummies.com/store/Education/History-Biography-Law-Politics.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.dummies.com/store/product/Catholicism-For-Dummies-3rd-Edition.productCd-1119295602,navId-322516.htmlIn PDF document text
  • https://ourworldindata.org/income-inequalityIn PDF document text
  • http://www.fao.org/docrep/W0073E/w0073e03.htmIn PDF document text
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_conspiracyIn PDF document text
  • http://www.philly.com/philly/archives/In PDF document text
  • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/In PDF document text
  • http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/19/the-last-country-in-the-world-where-divorce-is-illegal-philippines-catholic-church/In PDF document text
  • https://www.ipcc.ch/In PDF document text
  • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/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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