Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 37839717f7485480…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2019-05-02 06:09:14 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 4f4b3fe7685e0905334e0b5129f749a3 SHA-1: b295628b40cae6046565fa65445bf94e3338fab1 SHA-256: 37839717f74854809404b42b072bd782d5673be98ae32188b8dcf1e1b30bae35
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links to external websites, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. While many of these URLs are marked as benign, the sheer volume and the nature of the links suggest a potential SEO spam or content redirection scheme. No scripts were extracted from this sample, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis of the specific lure. The primary attack pattern observed is the mass distribution of external links.

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/4737738735734730/Savage-Surrender-Savage-Secrets-1-by-Cassie-Edwards.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5738733736731734/The-Masquers-by-Natasha-Peters.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2738733732736736/Given-to-the-Savage-by-Natasha-Knight.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9735734739739733/The-Savage-Series-Books-1-3-The-Pearl-Savage-The-Savage-Blood-and-The-Savage-Principle-by-Tamara-Rose-Blodgett.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5739736730737733/Natasha-of-the-Hadi-Natasha-Carmichael-4-by-Melissa-Leister.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5739736730730737/Natasha-s-Dream-The-Natasha-Saga-1-by-Heath-Greenis.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5739736730737731/Natasha-s-Diary-The-Natasha-Saga-2-by-Heath-Greenis.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1733734733738735/Surrender-the-Heart-Surrender-to-Destiny-1-by-MaryLu-Tyndall.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3737736732733735/Weekend-Surrender-The-Surrender-Trilogy-1-by-Lori-King.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731735739731730/Surrender-Love-Surrender-Trilogy-1-by-Kayelle-Allen.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2732732737735738/The-Savage-Nation-Saving-America-from-the-Liberal-Assault-on-Our-Borders-Language-and-Culture-by-Michael-Savage.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4733734735736733/Savage-Chickens-A-Survival-Kit-for-Life-in-the-Coop-by-Doug-Savage.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2730735734734738/Savage-Sunrise-Savage-Secrets-11-by-Cassie-Edwards.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5730732733732731/Savage-Bliss-Savage-Secrets-5-by-Cassie-Edwards.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3738739732730732/The-Savage-Principle-Savage-3-by-Tamara-Rose-Blodgett.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3731739736733733/Savage-Beast-Savage-People-2-by-Charleigh-Rose.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9735735730736735/The-Savage-Protector-Savage-5-by-Tamara-Rose-Blodgett.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9735734739739732/Savage-Kiss-Savage-Shifters-2-by-Milly-Taiden.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2730735734734731/Savage-Persuasion-Savage-Secrets-8-by-Cassie-Edwards.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1735735736731737/The-Savage-Vengeance-Savage-4-by-Tamara-Rose-Blodgett.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731735739731730/Surrender-Love-Surrender-Tril