MALICIOUS
130
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF file was flagged by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains embedded URLs pointing to a domain that appears to be involved in distributing malicious content, specifically a PDF file disguised as a lecture. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the lure mechanism. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristics indicate a phishing or malware delivery attempt.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9123
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-infallibility-of-the-pope-a-lecture.pdf In PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=the-infallibility-of-the-pope-a-lecture.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://amazingdiscoveries.org/R-Pope_Rome_blasphemy_power_JesusIn PDF document text
- http://www.catholicprophecy.net/In PDF document text
- https://novusordowatch.org/2015/04/the-pope-and-the-antichrist/In PDF document text
- http://the-pope.com/headers.htmlIn PDF document text
- http://www.teachinghearts.org/dre04historynotes.htmlIn PDF document text
- http://www.calledtocommunion.com/2009/05/wilson-vs-hitchens-a-catholic-perspective/In PDF document text
- http://www.catholicmessagesusa.com/In PDF document text
- http://catholicapologetics.org/In PDF document text
- http://www.calledtocommunion.com/2012/11/how-the-church-won-an-interview-with-jason-stellman/In PDF document text
- http://canon212.com/In PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/volvo-penta-ignition-switch-wiring-diagram.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/sound-waves-unit-5-study-guide.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/year-2-sats-smile-please-mark-scheme.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/veideretti-cabinets-transaction-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/solution-manual-engineering-mechanics-statics-7th-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/student-exploration-fre-fall-tower.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/software-sales-engineer-job-description.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/statistics-practice-test-2-answers-candy-company.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/soil-and-erosion-study-guide.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/1/slow-burn-a-novel.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/Pope_Sylvester_IIIn PDF document text
- http://www.gly.uga.edu/railsback/1122sciencedefns.htmlIn PDF document text
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVIIn PDF document text
- https://www.crisismagazine.com/2015/pope-francis-prepares-shock-liberals-sex-marriageIn PDF document text
- https://www.coursera.org/learn/logical-fallacies/lecture/OMdu9/circularity-and-begging-the-questionIn PDF document text
- http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/ecumenical-and-interreligious/ecumenical/lutheran/koinonia-of-salvation.cfmIn 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_off000043ad.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x43AD | 10096 bytes |
SHA-256: d928bd26a5585a3e0764ac46f652ede2964f8fba34279668fad1de7b8a1ca4be |
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font_01_sfnt_off000063e9.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63E9 | 6800 bytes |
SHA-256: cba2d51d4cb6fbfbe03e5608918c3696d29854549044e012e494a126b6760d87 |
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