MALICIOUS
130
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1204.002 Malicious File
The PDF file contains multiple embedded URLs, with a high-confidence ML classifier flagging it as malicious. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to download a file named 'transnational-litigation-a-basic-primer.pdf' from suspicious domains like 'uncpbisdegree.com'. This suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt, where the user is tricked into downloading a malicious file disguised as a legitimate document.
Machine Learning
- Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8931
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=transnational-litigation-a-basic-primer.pdf In PDF document text
- http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=transnational-litigation-a-basic-primer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://genews.de/transnational/litigation/transnational_litigation_a_basic_primer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://hspace.de/transnational/litigation/transnational_litigation_a_basic_primer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://artofthemarathon.com/reads-online/transnational-litigation-a-basic-primer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.emilycournoyer.com/reads-online/transnational-litigation-a-basic-primer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://tzylom.de/transnational/litigation/transnational_litigation_a_basic_primer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.gamepile.org/tr/li/transnational-litigation-a-basic-primer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.westforkcamp.org/tr/li/transnational-litigation-a-practitioners-guide.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://itscool.com/transnational-litigation-a-basic-primer.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-legend-of-drizzt-collected-stories-ra-salvatore.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/solutions-elementary-students-book-2nd-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/strategic-writing-3rd-edition.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/suave-shower-gel-coupons.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-chaplet-of-pearls.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/texas-state-board-of-examiners-of-psychologists-rules-and-regulations.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/sharp-pc-al3du-laptops-owners-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/super-t10-repair-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-shooters-presidential-agent-4-web-griffin.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://riverside-resort.net/1/suzuki-dt65-outboard-motor-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
- http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
- http://www.worldcat.org/title/transnational-litigation-a-basic-primer/oclc/38580147In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/Transnational-Litigation-Richard-H-Kreindler/dp/037921394XIn PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/books-used-books-textbooks/b?ie=UTF8&node=283155In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/Law-Books/b?ie=UTF8&node=10777In PDF document text
- https://www.amazon.com/Legal-Rules-Procedures/b?ie=UTF8&node=173490In PDF document text
- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/transnational-litigation-richard-h-kreindler/1113023970In PDF document text
- https://156000343.r.bat.bing.com/?ld=d3p0WJXSUxhIAoRayjo5qKCzVUCUzMGdk8U6C82noQBmGxMQ967zRB0u8yb36H4aBFrdYd4FEcMGo7w8BERGbb8PMao5QTmPfgjF-WF8oayMOQsSfUIOh5bcsOGNfbpFNIIGXVcH7Str7fW1Tvx9lad5YG8yOPWVzDdI2Z41yT1Wkxou6I&u=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fs%2f%3fie%3dUTF8%26keywords%3dtransnational%2blitigation%26tag%3dmh0b-20%26index%3daps%26hvadid%3d77790495002929%26hvqmt%3dp%26hvbmt%3dbp%26hvdev%3dc%26ref%3dpd_sl_6dpakzpxfe_pIn PDF document text
- http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=617350In 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://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/transnational-litigation-richardIn 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_off00006af0.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6AF0 | 14920 bytes |
SHA-256: 11b4858c12ff0f96ebe2ec6aabfa5205ab3d40ade911ea76bf844f7855dd95e6 |
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font_01_sfnt_off0000987d.bin |
pdf-font-stream | PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x987D | 7688 bytes |
SHA-256: b6dc651f7e2150b1a93a0e4a513e9584ac543c8a392716dfd18af5ce92009bcd |
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