Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fc2d7e5215eb0ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.6 KB Created: 2019-04-30 04:33:04 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 3220e9c332aabb946f252d8b98afc39e SHA-1: c2b88461522fdca8ab61ef26732925dd950e48c7 SHA-256: 2fc2d7e5215eb0eed44cdd5ac5825a806620a920b16695338cbe8b3f51aa5c2f
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to a link farm, as indicated by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. While the ML classifier flagged it as malicious, the specific URLs themselves were marked as confirmed benign. The document body is heavily obfuscated and contains what appear to be repeated URL entries, suggesting a content-generation technique rather than user-facing text. The primary attack pattern appears to be a link farm designed to host numerous PDF files, likely for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

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/1090096097090092099/Der-Tierschutzgedanke-in-Theodor-Storms--Der-Schimmelreiter--by-Miriam-Buchner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090093096095099091/Theodor-Storm-Novellen-M-rchen-Gedichte-amp-Briefe-ber-400-Titel-in-einem-Band-Der-Schimmelreiter-Der-kleine-H-welmann-Immensee-Pole-Poppensp-ler-Marthe-und-ihre-Uhr-by-Theodor-Storm.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090096097090093090/German-Literature-on-the-Go-Volume-2-Der-Schimmelreiter-by-Theodor-Storm.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090095097090096091/Theodor-Herzl-the-Road-to-Israel-The-Road-to-Israel-by-Miriam-Gurko.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091097093095096092/The-Death-Of-Ivan-Ilych-quot-He-in-his-madness-prays-for-storms-and-dreams-that-storms-will-bring-him-peace-quot-by-Leo-Tolstoy.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091092095096098/Family-Storms-Storms-1-by-V-C-Andrews.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090097093090098094/Miriam-B-Loo-s-Menu-Planner-Cookbook-by-Miriam-B-Loo.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9096095092095095/Theodor-Fontane---Gesammelte-Werke-Irrungen-Wirrungen-Frau-Jenny-Treibel-Effi-Briest-Die-Poggenpuhls-Der-Stechlin-Neue-deutsche-Rechtschreibung-by-Theodor-Fontane.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090093096095097098/Aquis-Submersis-und-Immensee---Zwei-Novellen-von-Theodor-Storm-by-Theodor-Storm.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091091093095090094/Werke-von-Theodor-Fontane-Effi-Briest-Frau-Jenny-Treibel-Unterm-Birnbaum-Schach-von-Wuthenow-Wanderungen-durch-die-Mark-Brandenburg-Dritter-Teil-by-Theodor-Fontane.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090095097090095098/The-Congress-Addresses-of-Theodor-Herzl-by-Theodor-Herzl.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090092094096092098/Im-Sog-Falscher-Propheten-by-Barbara-Buchner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091096098092095095/Die-Weihnachtsbraut-Grusel-by-Barbara-B-chner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8099095098099097/Moodle-Administration-by-Alex-B-chner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090094093093097092/Der-Verfolger-und-andere-Schauergeschichten-by-Barbara-B-chner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096094091094093/Complete-Plays-Lenz-and-Other-Writings-by-Georg-B-chner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091099098091092096/Zwischenfall-Im-Magic-Land-Phantastische-Erzahlungen-by-Barbara-Buchner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091097096098091095/Zuflucht-in-den-Bergen-Toni-der-H-ttenwirt-4---Heimatroman-by-Friederike-von-Buchner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5098097094093090/The-Gender-of-Rosalind-Interpretations-Shakespeare-Buchner-Gautier-by-Jan-Kott.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8098091097096099/The-Diaries-of-Theodor-Herzl-by-Theodor-Herzl.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091