Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48fd3e80468301e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

19.3 KB Created: 2020-03-11 09:52:47 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.1.4 (via Qt 4.8.6)
MD5: 40ef83748ed792d3c23884844695a4be SHA-1: 3b4c2801527c550625fd0faefacb5603fa6332f4 SHA-256: 48fd3e80468301e91418b46701887ac6c8cd8db60673a5a8b42d77a039dd4938
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF is an image-only document designed as a lure, containing a clickable link that directs to a URL. This URL is part of a link farm, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body contains obfuscated text and URLs, indicating an effort to conceal its malicious intent. The presence of multiple similar URLs across different domains reinforces the pattern of a link farm used for SEO poisoning or phishing.

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 19 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://crusadeweapons.com/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639669/130639669.html#ethiopian+reporter+newspaper+amharic+version+pdf
    • http://walkiesnairn.co.uk/uploads/1/3/0/6/130639146/2794248.pdf
    • http://hedronelectrical.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313541/4f3526be1a.pdf
    • http://73forms.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130551356/topimubibub-bojememuzos-sotamijex-famanakazaz.pdf
    • http://danielgann.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130590545/8155237.pdf
    • http://agenkastam.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130324331/eee2f.pdf
    • http://spatialperspectives.org/uploads/1/3/0/2/130289296/relorasedumal_metamamoxete_kemaxibarijil_dojufujapevorin.pdf
    • http://vibinwithvanessa.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130588685/xunefa.pdf
    • http://rosepartynyc.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130313755/1948538.pdf
    • http://www.barteeranchllc.com/uploads/1/3/0/5/130539768/naxamimeliz.pdf
    • http://aromafreedomforyou.com/uploads/1/3/0/3/130323116/3089593.pdf

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