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=the-golden-ghost.pdf In PDF document text

  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=the-golden-ghost.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://pnwphotoblog.com/golden-oregon-the-driest-ghost-town-in-oregon/In PDF document text
  • https://www.knotts.com/explore/ghost-town-aliveIn PDF document text
  • http://www.duboisdelarayere.com/males/Ghost-GB.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.ghostriverbrewing.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ghostisland.com/ghost-mapIn PDF document text
  • http://www.herogoggles.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.elriosf.com/calendar/In PDF document text
  • http://www.americanfolklore.net/spooky-stories.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.antimusic.com/dayinrock/In PDF document text
  • http://www.specialtyproduce.com/produce/June_Plums_4031.phpIn PDF document text
  • http://libertystatepark.com/emma.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.alcatraztickets.com/productType/ATTRACTIONIn PDF document text
  • http://www.stormfax.com/2dickens.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/the-highlanders-conquest-stolen-bride-2-eliza-knight.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/solveras-payment-solutions-reviews.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/teme-diplome-avokati-ne-nje-proces.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/studies-in-aeschylus.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/shards-of-time-nightrunner-7-lynn-flewelling.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/spiral-theory.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/stoichiometry-and-gravimetric-analysis-lab-report-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/what-animals-live-in-the-marine-ecosystem.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/spanish-1-eoc-blue-print-test.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/volvo-v50-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-visalia-ransacker-20180507-story.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://sealonline.wikia.com/wiki/31-45In PDF document text
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhostIn PDF document text
  • http://www.iep.utm.edu/goldrule/In PDF document text
  • https://www.gv.com.sg/GVMovieDetailsIn PDF document text
  • https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/missions/archive/pioneer.htmlIn PDF document text
  • http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/g.htmIn PDF document text
  • http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/In PDF document text
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Transformers_episodesIn PDF document text
  • http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/alexandersearch.htmIn PDF document text
  • https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000469/In PDF document text
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuAUI_0knfkIn PDF document text
  • http://mentalfloss.com/article/504950/spookiest-ghost-stories-all-50-statesIn PDF document text
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5516328/In PDF document text
  • https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/to-find-alleged-golden-state-killer-investigators-first-found-his-great-great-great-grandparents/2018/04/30/3c865fe7-dfcc-4a0e-b6b2-0bec548d501f_story.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

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