Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1090b8f119b8fdff…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.7 KB Created: 2019-05-01 18:49:45 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 9dab56bc8007831a87a15329448aec71 SHA-1: 8ab945409821365292ecd3a05098752d640bfcab SHA-256: 1090b8f119b8fdff40c3e48dc26648fe11116bc0b3ef2ad142304304a60fb713
92 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, forming a link farm that directs users to external PDF documents. This behavior is indicative of a phishing or spam campaign aiming to drive traffic to potentially malicious or unwanted content. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/6f216f212f215f214f213/Wiring-the-Brain-for-Reading-Brain-Based-Strategies-for-Teaching-Literacy-by-Marilee-Sprenger.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/6f216f212f217f219f213/101-Strategies-to-Make-Academic-Vocabulary-Stick-by-Marilee-Sprenger.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/1f211f213f211f216f216f216/Mozart-s-Brain-and-the-Fighter-Pilot-Unleashing-Your-Brain-s-Potential-by-Richard-Restak.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/4f210f216f218f213/The-Brain-That-Changes-Itself-Stories-of-Personal-Triumph-from-the-Frontiers-of-Brain-Science-by-Norman-Doidge.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/2f215f214f219f219f214/A-User-s-Guide-to-the-Brain-Perception-Attention-and-the-Four-Theaters-of-the-Brain-by-John-J-Ratey.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/1f211f211f217f216f218/Blame-My-Brain-The-Amazing-Teenage-Brain-Revealed-by-Nicola-Morgan.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/4f219f215f217f212/The-Other-Brain-From-Dementia-to-Schizophrenia-How-New-Discoveries-about-the-Brain-Are-Revolutionizing-Medicine-and-Science-by-R-Douglas-Fields.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/4f214f217f210f218f215/The-Owner-s-Manual-for-the-Brain-Everyday-Applications-from-Mind-Brain-Research-by-Pierce-J-Howard.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/8f219f212f212f216f219/Your-Brain-on-Golf-How-to-Turn-Frustration-Fear-and-Anger-into-Better-Scores-Your-Brain-on-Book-1-by-Jon-Wortmann.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/2f214f218f214f219f218/Brain-Maker-The-Power-of-Gut-Microbes-to-Heal-and-Protect-Your-Brain---for-Life-by-David-Perlmutter.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/3f215f217f215f215f219/Saving-Your-Brain-The-Revolutionary-Plan-to-Boost-Brain-Power-Improve-Memory-and-Protect-Yourself-against-Aging-and-Alzheimer-s-by-Jeff-Victoroff.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/1f211f213f215f217f218f218/The-Winner-s-Brain-8-Strategies-Great-Minds-Use-to-Achieve-Success-by-Jeff-Brown.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/3f217f211f218f216f219/Me-and-My-Little-Brain-Great-Brain-3-by-John-D-Fitzgerald.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/1f214f210f216f218f218/Proust-and-the-Squid-The-Story-and-Science-of-the-Reading-Brain-by-Maryanne-Wolf.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/6f216f212f217f219f219/How-to-Teach-So-Students-Remember-2nd-Edition-by-Marilee-Sprenger.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/6f216f212f215f215f210/Vocab-Rehab-How-Do-I-Teach-Vocabulary-Effectively-with-Limited-Time-by-Marilee-Sprenger.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/8f214f218f219f210/The-Great-Brain-at-the-Academy-Great-Brain-4-by-John-D-Fitzgerald.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/7f218f213f218f215/The-Whole-Brain-Child-12-Revolutionary-Strategies-to-Nurture-Your-Child-s-Developing-Mind-Survive-Everyday-Parenting-Struggles-and-Help-Your-Family-Thrive-by-Daniel-J-Siegel.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/1f210f214f219f218f211f213/The-Library-as-Literacy-Classroom-A-Program-for-Teaching-by-Marguerite-Crowley-Weibel.pdf
    • http://kiteeearpdf.myhome.cx/5f210f213f216f217f212/Guiding-Readers-and-Writers-Teaching-Comprehension-Genre-and-Content-Literacy-by-Irene-C-Fountas.pdf