Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37441ca2b99039e2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.2 KB Created: 2019-05-02 07:56:28 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 44470f78d60be71163b0e22d070bed2a SHA-1: 364bd42c10a8628ba707f7a7c0ffbd740a8c32b2 SHA-256: 37441ca2b99039e2ac6aab49c14db9350b985cd1555dc388aed0ecae685a0463
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links to external PDF files, all hosted on the same domain. This suggests a link farm or a method to drive traffic to specific content. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the exact lure. The primary technique observed is the creation of a link farm to distribute content.

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/4735736733736733/Dual-Desires-Dueling-Devils-1-by-Shyla-Colt.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4735736733734734/Wrecked-Dueling-Devils-3-by-Shyla-Colt.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4735736733734732/Always-Wesson-Rebel-MC-1-by-Shyla-Colt.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2735730732738738/For-the-Love-of-Dixie-Kings-of-Chaos-3-by-Shyla-Colt.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4735736738733733/Live-Free-Lords-of-Mayhem-3-by-Shyla-Colt.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3735739738734732/Devils-Comfort-MC-Brothers-of-Devils-Comfort-MC-0-5-by-Brair-Lake.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4738730734739733/Desires-Desires-1-by-Holly-J-Gill.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6736736739731733/Love-Evaded-Ardent-2-by-Shyla-Starr.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4737735735736737/The-Dueling-Machine-Watchmen-3-by-Ben-Bova.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6733736738734738/Dueling-Magics-Kat-Incorrigible-1-5-by-Stephanie-Burgis.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4730738734739736/Dueling-With-the-Duke-Brotherhood-of-the-Sword-2-by-Robyn-DeHart.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1737734733732736/Faith-s-Temptation-The-Dueling-Dragons-1-by-Angie-Sakai.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9735735730737733/Faith-s-Temptation-Dueling-Dragons-MC-1-by-Angie-Sakai.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1737734737733739/Distant-Desires-Distant-Desires-1-3-by-Cambria-Hebert.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731737738738732734/Colt-s-Obsession-by-H-C-Brown.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1732739732736733/Colt-by-Nancy-Springer.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4738735738735731/Colt-Storm-MC-9-by-Nina-Levine.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2737739735734738/The-Wizard-and-the-Prophet-Two-Remarkable-Scientists-and-Their-Dueling-Visions-to-Shape-Tomorrow-s-World-by-Charles-C-Mann.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1732734739732730/Synthetic-Illusions-Jane-Colt-2-by-Mary-Fan.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5732738735737734/Colt-amp-Serena-by-Kristen-Hope-Mazzola.pdf