Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0aea8e1428d027cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.5 KB Created: 2018-11-21 20:52:44 +03:00 Authoring application: TeX (via MiKTeX pdfTeX-1.40.9)
MD5: be94cb8fb8f30e5cbec78e47be22e4ac SHA-1: 2197729c7a3aef5375170416ac7da02b2264d88b SHA-256: 0aea8e1428d027cb42985f11d7917051a5e55838f6d6257dd9c98c7fbbc63a0b
152 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The critical heuristic firing for PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM reveals a mass of external PDF links, suggesting a link-farming or content distribution scheme. The embedded URLs are likely part of this scheme, potentially leading to further malicious content or SEO manipulation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9171

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.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7227085-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7227085-0
  • 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.
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