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=telesales-policies-and-procedures-manual.pdf In PDF document text

  • http://uncpbisdegree.com/download4.php?q=telesales-policies-and-procedures-manual.pdfIn PDF document text
  • https://oatlandsparkhotel.com/contact/careers/In PDF document text
  • http://essentialsiteskills.co.uk/In PDF document text
  • https://www.parkingeye.co.uk/contact-us/In PDF document text
  • https://www.hireaperson.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.bssrecruitment.com/vacancies/In PDF document text
  • http://www.averagesalarysurvey.com/jordanIn PDF document text
  • https://www.itaware.co.za/mqa/documents/OFOIn PDF document text
  • http://www.foodbev.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/OFO-Version-2017-updated-Organising-Gramework-for-Occupations.xlsxIn PDF document text
  • https://www.wisdomjobsgulf.com/video-editing-jobs-in-libyaIn PDF document text
  • http://www.foodbev.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/OFO-Update-Version-December-2015-and-Data-Tables.xlsxIn PDF document text
  • https://www.wisdomjobsgulf.com/php-jobs-in-moroccoIn PDF document text
  • https://www.sarahwest.co.uk/jobs/In PDF document text
  • https://elizabethmichael.co.uk/In PDF document text
  • http://www.primestaff.com.sg/employers/clients-testimonialIn PDF document text
  • https://jobwebkenya.com/jobs/racg-kenya-job-vacancy-human-resource-manager/In PDF document text
  • http://www.optrasystems.com/current-openings.phpIn PDF document text
  • http://www.maltajobs.com.mt/In PDF document text
  • http://www.smithandreed.co.uk/In PDF document text
  • https://www.integrapeople.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.smithandreed.co.uk/meet-the-teamIn PDF document text
  • https://www.concorde-group.co.uk/search-jobs/In PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-draco-v-4-uncanny-x-men.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/study-guide-julius-caesar-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-fourth-awakening.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-humor-code-a-global-search-for-what-makes-things-funny.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/six-senses-cookbook.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/toyota-yaris-repair-manual-2007.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/solutions-of-oxford-mathematics-6th-edition-2.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/superior-family-medical-clinic-capstone-project-answers.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-fifth-queen-crowned.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://riverside-resort.net/1/the-music-of-the-inferno-a-novel.pdfIn PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
  • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
  • https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.itaware.co.za%2Fmqa%2Fdocuments%2FOFO%2520Version%25202015%2520and%2520Data%2520Tables.xlsxIn PDF document text
  • https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foodbev.co.za%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F02%2FOFO-Version-2017-updated-Organising-Gramework-for-Occupations.xlsxIn PDF document text
  • https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foodbev.co.za%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F03%2FOFO-Update-Version-December-2015-and-Data-Tables.xlsxIn PDF document text
  • https://www.gumtree.co.za/s-jobs/kempton-park/v1c8l3100375p1In PDF document text
  • https://www.gumtree.co.za/s-gauteng/v1l3100003p1In PDF document text
  • https://www.gumtree.co.za/s-east-rand/v1l3100250p1In PDF document text
  • https://paymaya.com/terms-and-condition/In 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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