Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e11e494f37dc054…

MALICIOUS

PDF

6.7 KB Created: 2015-06-04 18:30:11 +04:00 Authoring application: DOMPDF First seen: 2015-06-09
MD5: 122c3a727d616106541d503246eec33b SHA-1: 76d28d4e87634063768a9a76393a4bea6f8de3ec SHA-256: 0e11e494f37dc0543a007787d6678ff041d310345a17a9f06efef3c4e8f122e5
62 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to websites discussing binary options and online trading. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_PHP_GATEWAY_LINK_FARM' indicates these URLs are likely part of an SEO spam campaign. While no scripts were extracted, the document body and embedded URLs suggest a malicious intent to drive traffic to potentially fraudulent or misleading trading platforms.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5034

Heuristics 2

  • 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.
  • 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://irwaa.com/index.php?wiki/04/06/2015/filmrezensionen/auto+binary+code+review.pdf&hcueh=2&news=1775 In PDF document text
    • http://www.lowestmedicareplans.com/index.php?wiki/04/06/2015/marriage/binary+code+options.pdf&hjnjz=1&news=1602In PDF document text
    • http://johneagerroofingmaintenanceandrepair.com/index.php?wiki/04/06/2015/newline/binary+uk+reviews.pdf&zcloc=1&news=1368In PDF document text
    • http://websolutions.sg/index.php?wiki/04/06/2015/radiozuid/binary+options+broker+review.pdf&kbwax=1&news=1618In PDF document text
    • http://decked.co.uk/index.php?wiki/04/06/2015/gentsgdgts/binary+brokers+youtube.pdf&xrynp=2&news=238In PDF document text
    • http://www.narcisoevenere.com/index.php?wiki/04/06/2015/supportpress/synthetic+binary+option.pdf&lszpa=1&news=2370In PDF document text
    • http://www.supermaraton.eu/index.php?wiki/04/06/2015/housepop/binaryoptionstradingguide.com.pdf&owutp=1&news=sitemapIn PDF document text