Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 18037b7a51de6a71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.8 KB Created: 2019-05-02 18:57:51 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 10a1394282bb3c1ae994f9a6ca9396c2 SHA-1: 4c121da7c6ae9b178dc817df4bccfc9f963c2cf1 SHA-256: 18037b7a51de6a71323c10c911d2ffe1a56f873a5dc1b76fb6a8f3505ce4199c
92 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, identified as a link farm, which is a common tactic for distributing malicious content or phishing lures. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded links are the primary attack vector, likely leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9920

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/7098094094091092/Salafi-Jihadism-The-History-of-an-Idea-by-Shiraz-Maher.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4092090098092098/Nonviolence-The-History-of-a-Dangerous-Idea-by-Mark-Kurlansky.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5092091092098091/Fear-The-History-of-a-Political-Idea-by-Corey-Robin.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3097095099095097/The-Idea-of-Israel-A-History-of-Power-and-Knowledge-by-Ilan-Papp-.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5094093097096/The-Great-Chain-of-Being-A-Study-of-the-History-of-an-Idea-by-Arthur-O-Lovejoy.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9091096094092098/Evil-A-Primer-A-History-of-a-Bad-Idea-from-Beelzebub-to-Bin-Laden-by-William-Hart.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9095097097093093/What-Is-Church-History-Vindication-of-the-Idea-of-Historical-Development-by-Philip-Schaf.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4095090095099099/Christianity-s-Dangerous-Idea-The-Protestant-Revolution-A-History-from-the-Sixteenth-Century-to-the-Twenty-First-by-Alister-E-McGrath.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2093097097091097/Taking-the-Medicine-A-Short-History-of-Medicine-s-Beautiful-Idea-and-our-Difficulty-Swallowing-It-by-Druin-Burch.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8095092096094091/Bay-View-An-American-Idea-an-American-Idea-by-Mary-Jane-Doerr.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2092098094099/Defenders-of-the-Scroll-by-Shiraz.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7095097097092092/Un-Monstruo-Viene-a-Verme-A-Monster-Calls-A-Partir-de-Una-Idea-Original-de-Siobhan-Dowd-Inspired-by-an-Idea-from-Siobhan-Dowd-by-Patrick-Ness.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7096095092093095/Hafiz-of-Shiraz-by-David-Cloutier.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1095099098097090/The-Septembers-of-Shiraz-by-Dalia-Sofer.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090096090092/Festival-of-Arts-Shiraz-Persepolis-1970-by-Vali-Mahlouji.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3091093093090095/Baby-Daisy-s-Good-Idea-La-Buena-Idea-De-Bebe-Daisy-Baby-s-First-Disney-Books-English-Spanish-by-Walt-Disney-Company.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9099094094095091/The-Fields-by-Kevin-Maher.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1097090097098097/This-One-Thing-by-Damian-Maher.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2093096090093095/Deadline-by-Stephen-Maher.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3097096095093098/Grace-and-The-Ghost-by-Estelle-Maher.pdf