Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1dbfb86a93f6bc72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.0 KB Created: 2020-03-18 21:00:21 +00:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: c8397dfedc7eda223ac3687bcb5cab12 SHA-1: 4d3558062caee00efc73ea32447773dbb340ba57 SHA-256: 1dbfb86a93f6bc728e8c74103f58453e8d715cd91ad168d9ce55cf68fe4ab59c
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic, suggesting a link farm or distribution mechanism. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or for SEO manipulation.

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://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/981698162816381618160/Private-Passions-Private-4-by-Jami-Alden.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/1816081618162816381668166/Your-Private-Life-is-Private-How-to-STOP-people-from-snooping-around-by-using-Proxies-TOR-VPNs-the-Darknet-amp-Hackerproof-Data-Encryption-by-Sheldon-Kuthrawitz.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/781658169816581698165/Private-Gold-Private-13-5-by-James-Patterson.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/381638161816881628167/Private-Private-Book-1-by-Xavier-Neal.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/3816081678166/Private-Paris-Private-10-by-James-Patterson.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/68168/Private-Vegas-Private-9-by-James-Patterson.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/481688162816681688163/Private-Private-1-by-Kate-Brian.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/38167816081698167/Private-Private-1-by-Kate-Brian.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/48163816281668165/Private-Private-1-by-James-Patterson.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/1816081678169816481698166/Private-Oz-Private-7-by-James-Patterson.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/281668161816681678168/Private-Private-1-by-Kate-Brian.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/881618165816481678165/Private-Private-1-by-James-Patterson.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/181628169816381648168/The-Complete-Private-Collection-Private-Invitation-Only-Untouchable-Confessions-Inner-Circle-Legacy-Ambition-Revelation-Last-Christmas-Paradise-Lost-Suspicion-Scandal-Vanished-The-Book-of-Spells-Ominous-Vengeance-by-Kate-Brian.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/381608168816381688160/Private-Love-in-a-Public-Place-Private-Love-1-by-Toni-Kenyon.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/88161816881688167/Kept-Gemini-Men-2-by-Jami-Alden.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/981698162816381638163/A-Taste-of-Honey-by-Jami-Alden.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/181648168816281658165/Hide-from-Evil-Dead-Wrong-2-by-Jami-Alden.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/881668166816381618167/Paxton-Private-Investigations-Paxton-Private-Investigations-1-by-Juli-Alexander.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/381678164816681608165/The-Private-Eye-by-Jayne-Ann-Krentz.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/481618162816581648160/Private-Truths-by-C-B-Lewis.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/48163816281668165/Private-Private-1-by-James-Patterson.pd