MALICIOUS
130
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
The PDF document contains embedded URLs that are likely part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme, masquerading as historical content. The ML classifier flagged this PDF with high confidence, and the presence of a download button heuristic further supports a malicious intent. The primary malicious URLs identified are http://uncpbisdegree.com/download3.php?q=the-fall-of-mussolini-italy-the-italians-and-the-second-world-war.pdf and http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=the-fall-of-mussolini-italy-the-italians-and-the-second-world-war.pdf.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9577
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=the-fall-of-mussolini-italy-the-italians-and-the-second-world-war.pdf In PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=the-fall-of-mussolini-italy-the-italians-and-the-second-world-war.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.friesian.com/francia.htmIn PDF document text
- https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/history/conflicts/australia-and-second-world-warIn PDF document text
- https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/historyIn PDF document text
- https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/history/conflictsIn PDF document text
- http://www.economywatch.com/world_economy/italy/In PDF document text
- http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_wwII.htmlIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-butcher-the-baker-the-candlestick-maker.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/toyota-rav4-transmission-valve-body-diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/study-guide-for-fire-department-company-officer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/training-the-racehorse.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/straight-talk-about-gays-in-the-workplace-haworth-gay-lesbian-studies-2nd-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/training-manual-for-retail-stores-examples.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/studies-on-kumaun-himalaya.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/service-manual-for-bf50a.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/sony-vgc-ra940gn4-desktops-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/training-manual-for-spinning-mills-for-workers.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Italy_during_World_War_IIIn PDF document text
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Italo-Ethiopian_WarIn PDF document text
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benito-MussoliniIn PDF document text
- http://spartacus-educational.com/2WWmussolini.htmIn PDF document text
- http://spartacus-educational.com/2WW.htmIn PDF document text
- http://spartacus-educational.com/2WWpoliticians.htmIn 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_off00003ed8.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3ED8 | 10300 bytes |
SHA-256: 53b870a4c800ba224cba98157520d61dbd75ea2973690921b685493eca9ffbfa |
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font_01_sfnt_off00005f95.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F95 | 6924 bytes |
SHA-256: 2dcd635e2d66ae311d5fb0bedfcf0d453ef911ff27c84ee3b3f21a5d11ccbe5e |
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