Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a7399eb6ce2c8e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.8 KB Created: 2019-06-04 10:21:15 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 7c5f09aa7356859fa75e66328cf87849 SHA-1: 121ee7fcec312be017b8de909e91df558a689bd1 SHA-256: 4a7399eb6ce2c8e9cdeaf59f885d2de8a698524fd446ea73aa9288e3c9d80bc4
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, identified by the PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. These URLs point to various book summaries and study guides, likely intended to deceive users into visiting them. No scripts were extracted from this sample. The primary attack vector appears to be social engineering through a link farm.

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/7735733733739738/Krik-Krak-by-Edwidge-Danticat-l-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7735733734735732/Summary-amp-Study-Guide-Caroline-s-Wedding-by-Edwidge-Danticat-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7735733735731735/A-Study-Guide-for-Edwidge-Danticat-s-quot-The-Farming-of-Bones-quot-by-Cengage-Learning-Gale.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7735733734734735/A-Study-Guide-for-Edwidge-Danticat-s-quot-Breath-Eyes-Memory-quot-Novels-for-Students-by-Cengage-Learning-Gale.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730734739733739733/The-Spiderwick-Chronicles-The-Field-Guide-by-Holly-Black-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6737735737731737/V-by-Thomas-Pynchon-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9733735739732736/Nine-Stories-by-J-D-Salinger-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730730730730738735/Barabbas-by-P-r-Lagerkvist-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730733737739730731/The-Sea-by-John-Banville-l-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7735733736737735/Summary-amp-Study-Guide-The-Meursault-Investigation-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9733735738733733/The-Catcher-in-the-Rye-by-J-D-Salinger-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7739734734733737/The-Guide-by-R-K-Narayan-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730736738732734736/Loser-by-Jerry-Spinelli-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731730732738736/Flowers-in-the-Attic-by-V-C-Andrews-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9732732736739730/Flipped-by-Wendelin-Van-Draanen-l-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/8734736734732731/Second-Glance-by-Jodi-Picoult-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7732730735736734/One-Child-by-Torey-Hayden-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7738738739737732/The-Bad-Beginning-by-Lemony-Snicket-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2739732739738733/That-Hideous-Strength-by-C-S-Lewis-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731730735739732/Seeds-of-Yesterday-by-V-C-Andrews-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-BookRags.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6737735737731737/V-by-Thomas-Pynchon-Summary-amp-Study-Guide-by-Boo