Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3159db4600c1d744…

MALICIOUS

PDF

14.1 KB Created: 2019-05-02 06:59:30 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 3954dd7f26e26c6d7e831a63832a5d65 SHA-1: d78ea85392120d10376e372483a247c8adc7a247 SHA-256: 3159db4600c1d744a54abef60780706420fcb8db6bd5365bb05b2e3e5f651261
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links pointing to external PDF documents hosted on the domain 'cefasfese.4pu.com'. This technique is often used for SEO poisoning or to distribute malicious content indirectly. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was heavily obfuscated, limiting further analysis of the specific lure. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9798

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://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731731733734737733/B-UME-by-Manfred-Neuhold.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9731737732730739/Frederick-Manfred-A-Daughter-Remembers-by-Freya-Manfred.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3733738733732737/Going-Commando-Heathens-Ink-2-by-K-M-Neuhold.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6735730731736738/Akasha-Sanatorium-Malachai-Brothers-Beyond-the-Veil-1-by-K-M-Neuhold.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731734734731735737/Worth-the-Wait-Sexy-Nerd-Boys-1-by-K-M-Neuhold.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730738739734730737/Manfred-Lachs-Found-Law-as-a-Vehicle-by-Manfred-Lachs-Foundation.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4730737738736/Manfred-by-Lord-Byron.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731738734730732738/A-Sanskrit-Grammar-by-Manfred-Mayrhofer.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731737734736734733/Lateinische-Dramen-by-Manfred-Brauneck.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731737732734737739/Nellis-Tagebuch-2-by-Manfred-K-hler.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730735736731730735/Psychologie-Der-Gruppe-by-Manfred-Sader.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731730737735738737/The-Neuropsychology-of-Vision-by-Manfred-Fahle.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4733737730733735/The-Red-Battle-Flyer-by-Manfred-von-Richthofen.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9731735732735730/Bucklige-kreuzen-den-Weg-by-Manfred-Kratschmann.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731737732734737731/Nellis-Tagebuch-3-by-Manfred-K-hler.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730739737738730738/Textbausteine-f-r-Arbeitszeugnisse-by-Manfred-Bettauer.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9731737732731730/Count-Manfred-by-Miranda-Seymour.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9731737731735734/Manfred-the-Baddie-by-John-Fardell.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9733731739730734/Das-Tier-in-unserer-Umwelt-by-Manfred-B-rger.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731733730737734736/Gelassenheit-Sei-die-Ruhe-im-Sturm-by-Manfred-Hogm-ller.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4733737730733735/The-Red-Battle-Flyer-by-Manfred-von-Richthofen.p