Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ff70ae4d563b960…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.3 KB Created: 2019-05-01 18:31:25 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: d49c97bb41ee9a02140d4c044d21ac2d SHA-1: 47514bae612b179dbf38c16a83fca50462384de6 SHA-256: 0ff70ae4d563b960223b33baeb459eb83f4eb91c42051bdcaeec7a418bce8842
92 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links pointing to external PDF files hosted on a dynamic DNS domain, indicative of a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or direct users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/2b23b24b27b25b27/I-Told-the-Mountain-to-Move-Learning-to-Pray-So-Things-Change-by-Patricia-Raybon.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/5b22b20b23b22b24/My-First-White-Friend-Confessions-on-Race-Love-and-Forgiveness-by-Patricia-Raybon.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/3b23b23b25b29b27/Pray-Pray-Pray-Poems-I-wrote-to-Prince-in-the-middle-of-the-night-by-E-Kristin-Anderson.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/8b20b22b20b27b26/Learning-to-Pray-Through-the-Psalms-by-James-W-Sire.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/1b20b27b26b27b23b23/Logical-Chess-Move-By-Move-Every-Move-Explained-New-Algebraic-Edition-by-Irving-Chernev.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/7b27b25b27b27b25/Learning-to-Be-Human-Again-Do-you-remember-who-you-were-before-the-world-told-you-who-you-should-be-by-Matt-Landry.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/2b22b24b20b22b29/If-You-Have-to-Cry-Go-Outside-And-Other-Things-Your-Mother-Never-Told-You-by-Kelly-Cutrone.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/1b28b27b28b25b21/Things-I-Never-Told-You-Thatcher-Sisters-1-by-Beth-K-Vogt.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/1b21b28b22b28b29b27/Navigating-Life-Things-I-Wish-My-Mother-Had-Told-Me-by-Margaux-Bergen.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/9b28b26b20b20/Things-a-Little-Bird-Told-Me-Confessions-of-the-Creative-Mind-by-Biz-Stone.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/3b26b24b20b22b29/Move-Your-Stuff-Change-Your-Life-How-to-Use-Feng-Shui-to-Get-Love-Money-Respect-and-Happiness-by-Karen-Rauch-Carter.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/9b23b23b27b23b20/Things-Your-Mother-Never-Told-You-A-Woman-s-Guide-to-Sexuality-by-Kim-Gaines-Eckert.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/1b20b22b26b28b22/Move-Fast-and-Break-Things-How-Facebook-Google-and-Amazon-Cornered-Culture-and-Undermined-Democracy-by-Jonathan-Taplin.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/1b21b27b23b25b23b23/Pray-A-Z-A-Practical-Guide-to-Pray-For-Your-Community-by-Amelia-Rhodes.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/3b26b29b27/Eat-Pray-Die-An-Eat-Pray-Die-Humorous-Mystery-1-by-Chelsea-Field.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/1b28b29b29b26b28/Powerful-Prayers-in-the-War-Room-Learning-to-Pray-like-a-Powerful-Prayer-Warrior-Battle-Plan-for-Prayer-Book-1-by-Daniel-B-Lancaster.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/1b21b27b23b25b23b21/Pray-The-Wolves-of-Pray-1-by-Christine-Bell.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/2b22b24b23b24b24/The-More-Things-Change-by-K-C-Beaumont.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/2b24b26b20b26b29/Mountain-Angel-by-Patricia-McAllister.pdf
    • http://cmeinasaoo.duckdns.org/2b20b20b22b22b20/Funny-How-Things-Change-by-Melissa-Wyatt.pdf