Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 204d7920c4625c16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

22.9 KB Created: 2019-05-01 17:42:04 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 62293ec4d4462cbcce94f3c77dadba6d SHA-1: 4343879a2d894daf5a41d6eba544b6c8a2cc33d8 SHA-256: 204d7920c4625c167e9d4ee4f7f5747eaf17fe4e81be985a1b91b44f7ea170f6
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious due to a critical heuristic firing for a PDF link farm. It contains numerous embedded URLs, likely for SEO manipulation or to redirect users to potentially harmful content. While the specific intent of the links is unclear as they are marked benign, the sheer volume and the heuristic's classification suggest a malicious purpose. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208205201201/Historic-Shreveport-Bossier-An-Illustrated-History-of-Shreveport-and-Bossier-City-by-Marguerite-R-Plummer.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208207200204/Shreveport-and-Bossier-City-Photographs-and-Text-by-Neil-Johnson-With-a-Foreword-by-Jim-Montgomery-by-Neil-Johnson.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208207207208/Shreveport-s-Historic-Oakland-Cemetery-Spirits-of-Pioneers-and-Heroes-by-Cheryl-White.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208206209201/Shreveport-Chronicles-Profiles-From-Louisiana-s-Port-City-by-Eric-J-Brock.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208207207207/A-Cook-s-Tour-by-Junior-League-of-Shreveport.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208205207204/Shreveport-Sounds-in-Black-amp-White-by-Kip-Lornell.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208206208206/Glimpses-of-Shreveport-Sesquicentennial-Editions-by-Ann-M-McLaurin.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208205208202/Remembering-Shreveport-A-Photo-Scrapbook-by-Rick-Reichenbach.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208205207205/Annie-McCune-Shreveport-Madam-by-Goodloe-Stuck.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208205207208/-ber-die-Toten-nur-Gutes-Ein-Shreveport-Thriller-by-Stephanie-Carle.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208206209204/Angel-Agnes-Or-The-Heroine-Of-The-Yellow-Fever-Plague-In-Shreveport-by-Wesley-Bradshaw.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208207209206/The-Chimes-of-Shreveport-The-Life-of-M-E-Dodd-The-Heart-of-the-Cooperative-Program-by-Jewel-Mae-Daniel.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200201200203206206/Urban-Traditions-and-Historic-Environments-in-Sindh-A-Fading-Legacy-of-Shikarpoor-Historic-City-by-Anila-Naeem.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208207209202/Hometech-Remodeling-and-Renovation-Cost-Estimator-Louisiana-3-Shreveport-amp-Vicinity-by-Hometech-Publishing.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208207200203/Haunted-Louisiana-The-Haunted-Locations-of-Baton-Rouge-Shreveport-Metairie-and-Lafayette-by-Jeffrey-Fisher.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1202201205208203/Saltwater-City-An-Illustrated-History-of-the-Chinese-in-Vancouver-by-Paul-Yee.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1203207203201202/Rachel-Plummer-s-Narrative-Of-21-Months-Servitude-As-A-Prisoner-Among-The-Comanche-Indians-by-Rachel-Plummer.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/5202201206200207/Chronicles-of-Old-San-Francisco-Exploring-the-Historic-City-by-the-Bay-by-Gael-Chandler.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1201206203203205202/Houston-The-Unknown-City-1836-1946-by-Marguerite-Johnston.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/8209205206202205/Guderian-Ballantine-s-Illustrated-History-of-the-Violent-History-War-Leader-book-No-20-by-John-Keegan.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7207208206208206/Glimpses-of-Shreveport-Sesquicentennial-Editions-by-