Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0024a48d56281884…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.4 KB Created: 2019-04-30 04:22:22 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 2f21f431e9acec631b50e1e264078b64 SHA-1: 0fd9d8a54911f6bc65f17d7cf84764d57cdb9ac4 SHA-256: 0024a48d56281884f97c10029252209903321b405d7a96c3cd3472b1790e089a
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs that point to external PDF files, a technique often used for SEO manipulation or to host malicious content. While the specific URLs appear benign in this instance, the heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a pattern of creating link farms. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm heuristic suggest an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful content, possibly as a lure for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9931

Heuristics 3

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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://muicuiu.dumb1.com/3a08a05a05a04a05/The-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-Country-Cookbook-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/2a03a03a06a04a00/Laura-s-Early-Years-Collection-Little-House-1-2-4-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/7a04a04a03a01a08/Prairie-Day-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/6a05a00a08a05/Little-House-on-the-Prairie-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/8a06a03a01a00a07/Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-by-Alexandra-Wallner.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/2a05a09a07a05a05/The-First-Four-Years-Little-House-9-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/1a04a09a07a01a06/A-Little-Prairie-House-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/7a01a05a05a08a02/Little-House-on-the-Prairie-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/3a02a03a05a06a04/The-First-Four-Years-Little-House-9-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/2a05a05a03a02a05/Farmer-Boy-Little-House-3-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/4a07a06a00a06a04/Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-A-Biography-by-William-Anderson.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/2a05a08a09a01a06/Little-Town-on-the-Prairie-Little-House-7-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/2a05a09a07a04a07/The-Long-Winter-Little-House-6-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/9a01a07a05a05/The-Long-Winter-Little-House-6-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/4a07a01a06a03a04/On-the-Banks-of-Plum-Creek-Little-House-4-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/3a03a04a02a01/These-Happy-Golden-Years-Little-House-8-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/4a09a03a09a06/Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-A-Writer-s-Life-by-Pamela-Smith-Hill.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/6a09a05a09a02a05/A-Little-House-Sampler-A-Collection-of-Early-Stories-and-Reminiscences-by-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/8a02a08a02a04a05/My-Little-House-Crafts-Book-18-Projects-from-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-s-by-Carolyn-Strom-Collins.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/7a02a07a02a01/The-Heroine-s-Bookshelf-Life-Lessons-from-Jane-Austen-to-Laura-Ingalls-Wilder-by-Erin-Blakemore.pdf