Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3387df1c6816fadf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

13.5 KB Created: 2019-05-02 07:32:48 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 91b21b622d4795b9c1bc0189363d7d62 SHA-1: 808e89486cc48431a8f3f823c572cb8101c4745a SHA-256: 3387df1c6816fadff805ec6a7063eb2b3fbdc9385f8e1d7ab624a94e5b36cdce
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, forming a link farm. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates this is likely an attempt to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to potentially malicious content. While the URLs themselves are currently marked as benign, the sheer volume and structure suggest a malicious intent to drive traffic. 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://cefasfese.4pu.com/9736739736735732/The-Rising-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1732730738730/Suspicious-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3738737736735730/Law-and-Disorder-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4737731739737738/The-Hexed-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4735733733733738/Blood-Red-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6739736730/American-Drifter-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3731736732730732/The-Killing-Edge-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9734733739733735/Hint-of-Blue-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4733731739733736/Picture-Me-Dead-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2732731731734731/Hurricane-Hurricane-1-by-Jenna-Lynne-Duncan.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731734739738737735/Dying-to-Have-Her-Soap-Opera-2-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1732739731737735/The-Unseen-Krewe-of-Hunters-5-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2733730730736737/Golden-Surrender-Viking-1-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3738730731737734/The-Forgotten-Krewe-of-Hunters-16-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2731738736735734/Blood-Red-Alliance-Vampires-8-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1736738739737738/The-Silenced-Krewe-of-Hunters-15-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4730730733736738/The-Unspoken-Krewe-of-Hunters-7-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730735735736736735/Lucia-in-Love-by-Heather-Graham-Pozzessere.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1739734734733734/Nightwalker-Harrison-Investigation-8-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4730730730738736/The-Uninvited-Krewe-of-Hunters-8-by-Heather-Graham.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3738730731737734/The-Forgott