Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03aebe2c0e008cfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.7 KB Created: 2019-04-30 11:00:35 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: be79df742b0c350ffb5a0583727841da SHA-1: 6550a87e0407e6a23de5183bf0edae449faa32c6 SHA-256: 03aebe2c0e008cfb0d9a8fbf9e26c6166e2e535a8354e72c7aef74e5cc78194f
92 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, masquerading as book titles, which likely serve as a link farm. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates this is a technique to generate traffic or potentially lead users to malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged the document as malicious with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9880

Heuristics 2

  • 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.
  • 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://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7099097090/A-Bear-Called-Paddington-Paddington-1-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090092098099090091/Paddington-at-the-Seaside-Paddington-Picture-Book-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090092098097095096/Paddington-Goes-to-Town-Paddington-8-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2093093092099093/Paddington-at-Large-Paddington-5-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1093098095092094/More-About-Paddington-Paddington-2-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090092098099090092/Paddington-at-the-Beach-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1093098094098098/The-Adventures-of-Paddington-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090092098098099098/Paddington-at-the-Palace-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090092098099094097/Paddington-Minds-the-House-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4090094095095090/Called-by-the-Bear-Part-3-by-V-Vaughn.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2095093095095098/A-Lion-Called-Christian-The-True-Story-of-the-Remarkable-Bond-Between-Two-Friends-and-a-Lion-by-Anthony-Bourke.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5097092093095/A-Place-Called-Wiregrass-by-Michael-Morris.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090098095092/Monsieur-Pamplemousse-on-the-Spot-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090099098096/Monsieur-Pamplemousse-Aloft-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090098097095/Monsieur-Pamplemousse-Takes-the-Cure-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6094096099092095/Monsieur-Pamplemousse-Omnibus-Volume-2-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090098095093/Monsieur-Pamplemousse-Stands-Firm-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6094096099092094/Monsieur-Pamplemousse-Omnibus-Volume-3-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090090091/Monsieur-Pamplemousse-Takes-the-Train-by-Michael-Bond.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7092091099092/Reconnecting-with-Nature-Finding-Wellness-Through-Rebuilding-Your-Bond-with-the-Earth-by-Michael-J-Cohen.pdf