Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2bc6cb9f5cf466be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.3 KB Created: 2019-05-02 22:43:54 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 66e7a5388d650ebf1f0a2bd66b486465 SHA-1: b59b7acf5b54c6d9b47bbf5dde043688daa834c9 SHA-256: 2bc6cb9f5cf466beeaf5c6ef833037343afd402aa793b2a68658ee70017f4c21
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file exhibits a critical heuristic firing for a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs. These URLs point to external PDF documents, suggesting an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious content. While the specific intent beyond link farming is unclear due to the lack of script execution, the sheer volume of links indicates a coordinated effort to distribute content or traffic. The document body itself is heavily obfuscated and contains repeated URLs, reinforcing the link farm pattern.

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/5091091096096/The-Plains-Across-The-Overland-Emigrants-and-the-Trans-Mississippi-West-1840-60-by-John-D-Unruh.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5091090099095098/Walker-s-Texas-Division-C-S-A-Greyhounds-Of-The-Trans-Mississippi-by-Richard-G-Lowe.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5090096098090094/The-Way-to-the-West-Essays-on-the-Central-Plains-by-Elliott-West.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8090097092097095/The-Longest-Road-Overland-in-Search-of-America-from-Key-West-to-the-Arctic-Ocean-by-Philip-Caputo.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9099097099099097/Mississippi-Wagons-West-15-by-Dana-Fuller-Ross.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5091098090091095/The-History-of-Events-Resulting-in-Indian-Consolidation-West-of-the-Mississippi-by-Annie-Heloise-Abel.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4092090095095095/The-Mystic-Warriors-of-the-Plains-The-Culture-Arts-Crafts-and-Religion-of-the-Plains-Indians-by-Thomas-E-Mails.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3094099098090096/One-Mississippi-Two-Mississippi-Methodists-Murder-and-the-Struggle-for-Racial-Justice-in-Neshoba-County-by-Carol-V-R-George.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9090092093092/Murder-in-Mississippi-by-John-Safran.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9099098092090097/Ghosts-Along-The-Mississippi-by-Clarence-John-Laughlin.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2090091094096094/High-Plains-Promise-Love-on-the-High-Plains-2-by-Simone-Beaudelaire.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1094096098091093/High-Plains-Holiday-Love-on-the-High-Plains-1-by-Simone-Beaudelaire.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9099098090096098/Three-Mississippi-One-Mississippi-3-by-Howard-Littleson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1094092090098099/Rising-Tide-The-Great-Mississippi-Flood-of-1927-and-How-It-Changed-America-by-John-M-Barry.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5092092094098090/From-Midnight-to-Guntown-True-Crime-Stories-from-a-Federal-Prosecutor-in-Mississippi-by-John-Hailman.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1095091090097094/The-Emigrants-by-W-G-Sebald.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9099098091099098/A-Mississippi-Moonlight-Mississippi-Moonlight-1-by-Vicky-Renee-Johnson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3090092093091097/The-Last-Letter-Home-The-Emigrants-4-by-Vilhelm-Moberg.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1096094093090093/The-Wooden-Spaceships-Land-and-Overland-Series-2-by-Bob-Shaw.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1093091098098090/Inspector-West-at-Bay-Inspector-West-13-by-John-Creasey.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5091098090091095/The-History-of-Events-Resulting-in-Indian-Conso

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