Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c8b5b5ecb5c429f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.8 KB Created: 2019-05-01 18:31:01 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 8209d2036835e878209a4f7afd1087d3 SHA-1: 49a0757c880bca1bf10662e054a3dcab331f16b2 SHA-256: 3c8b5b5ecb5c429f0ac004f61b67cb0d6087481b6c10c3876fd5c4768d74b148
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, identified as a PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. These URLs point to various book titles hosted on the 'loaminoo.linkpc.net' domain. While the individual linked PDFs are marked as benign, the sheer volume and structure suggest a malicious intent, possibly for SEO manipulation or to drive traffic to a controlled domain. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was largely unreadable, limiting further analysis.

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/6092091090095091/Know-Your-Children-as-They-Are-A-Book-for-Parents-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090099092094/Notes-on-the-Gattegno-Approach-to-Math-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091091091092/Mathematics-with-Numbers-in-Colour-Book-VI-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9097098091091093/Children-And-The-Aids-Virus-A-Book-For-Children-Parents-amp-Teachers-by-Rosmarie-Hausherr.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091091090097/Eight-Tales-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090099099/The-Adolescent-and-His-Will-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090095090/On-Being-Freer-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090094097/Can-I-Be-Creative-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090099096099/Short-Passages-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090095092/A-Thousand-Sentences-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090093096/Evolution-and-Memory-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090093097/Algebricks-Exercise-Workbooks-1-6-Set-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090099093096/Towards-a-Visual-Culture-Educating-Through-Television-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090099093/Science-of-Education-PT-Iib-Chapters-10-12-The-Awareness-of-Mathematization-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090099092098/Teaching-Foreign-Languages-in-Schools-the-Silent-Way-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8090091097094096/Stitchery-for-Children-A-Manual-for-Teachers-Parents-and-Children-by-Jacqueline-Enthoven.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091090094095/Awareness-of-Awareness-by-Caleb-Gattegno.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9098098099092093/I-ve-Only-Got-Three-Hands-Teach-Your-Children-to-Keep-Their-Room-Clean-Bedtimes-Story-Fiction-Children-s-Picture-Book-Book-2-by-Sigal-Adler.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3098090092091097/Grimhilda---a-fantasy-for-children---and-their-parents-by-Mike-Crowl.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3095092090095099/Families-Like-Mine-Children-of-Gay-Parents-Tell-It-Like-It-Is-by-Abigail-Garner.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092090099093096/Towards-a-Visual-Culture-Educ