MALICIOUS
90
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, forming a link farm. The heuristic PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM indicates that these links are likely intended to direct users to external content, potentially malicious. While the specific content of the linked PDFs is benign according to reputation labels, the sheer volume and structure suggest a malicious intent to distribute or redirect. No scripts were extracted from this sample.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9920
Heuristics 2
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Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARMSmall PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
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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://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3208201207207/Scary-Stories-to-Tell-in-the-Dark-Scary-Stories-1-by-Alvin-Schwartz.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/2204204201209204/Night-Noises-And-Other-Mole-And-Troll-Stories-Mole-and-Troll-3-by-Tony-Johnston.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3208201200202205/The-Cowboy-and-the-Blackeyed-Pea-by-Tony-Johnston.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1203204206202203/A-Small-Thing-but-Big-by-Tony-Johnston.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1201208201202202207/Alien-And-Possum-Friends-No-Matter-What-by-Tony-Johnston.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1201203206209201207/No-Way-Out-And-Other-Scary-Short-Stories-by-M-J-Ware.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3207208203200/Horrors-365-Scary-Stories-by-Stefan-R-Dziemianowicz.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3201201207202200/One-Spooky-Night-amp-Other-Scary-Stories-by-Mauri-Kunnas.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200205208206209201/6-Scary-Halloween-Stories-for-Teens-2-Urban-Legends-by-PW-Pretorius.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7200201204200206/Ask-the-Bones-Scary-Stories-from-Around-the-World-by-Arielle-North-Olson.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/4203207202205208/Unpacked-Travel-Disaster-Stories-by-Tony-Wheeler-and-Other-Lonely-Planet-Authors-by-Tony-Wheeler.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3208201209201207/Can-You-See-What-I-See-On-A-Scary-Scary-Night-by-Walter-Wick.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/2203206202203200/Kowabana-True-Japanese-scary-stories-from-around-the-internet-Volume-One-by-Tara-A-Devlin.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3201203207202200/Scary-Scary-Halloween-by-Eve-Bunting.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3201203203207202/Halloween-Stories-for-Kids-amp-More-17-Assorted-Stories-to-Read-with-Kids-at-Halloween-Bonus-Halloween-Party-Story-Kids-Story-Bundle-Children-s-Series-Spooky-Scary-Funny-by-Betty-J-Byers.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/4208202207209204/A-Newbery-Halloween-A-Dozen-Scary-Stories-by-Newbery-Award-Winning-Authors-by-Martin-H-Greenberg.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1203202203201209/Faith-Beyond-Belief-Stories-of-Good-People-Who-Left-Their-Church-Behind-by-Margaret-Placentra-Johnston.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/2201204203200208/Stories-We-Could-Tell-by-Tony-Parsons.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/4204204200207203/Give-Me-Shelter-Stories-About-Children-Who-Seek-Asylum-by-Tony-Bradman.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/6205201204205/Bedbug-s-Writing-A-Collection-of-Short-Stories-Poetry-Volume-One-by-Tony-Lovell.pdf
- http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7200201204200206/Ask-the-Bones-Scary-Stories-from-Around-the-World
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