Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a74412cd9707c2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.5 KB Created: 2019-05-06 16:53:38 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 56b8f9829095864e727db4479adb630b SHA-1: 006b856f5ac03e9f5e9e2b59da81569f0b5026e4 SHA-256: 4a74412cd9707c2e3666611feaa5388fcaeee211b3fa5eea096810d8afe513d1
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file exhibits a critical heuristic firing for a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs. These URLs point to external PDF documents hosted on 'loaminoo.linkpc.net'. While the URLs themselves are currently marked as benign, the sheer volume and structure suggest a malicious intent, likely to distribute further malware or lead users to phishing sites. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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/9096094093097/Mantle-The-Return-of-the-Sha-by-Gary-Bregar.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4091091091095093/Brian-s-Return-by-Gary-Paulsen.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2091096095098099/Return-of-the-Bad-Girl-Rock-Canyon-Idaho-4-by-Codi-Gary.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7098094098098/Brian-s-Return-Brian-s-Saga-4-by-Gary-Paulsen.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8092091090096098/The-Power-of-Return-Return-to-Me-That-I-May-Return-to-You-by-John-Goyette.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1095092095095091/The-Mantle-by-William-H-Stephens.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3092094096099094/The-Winter-Mantle-by-Elizabeth-Chadwick.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090099099095098098/The-Mick-by-Mickey-Mantle-Herb-Gluck.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9095091098098093/Glacial-Isostasy-Sea-Level-and-Mantle-Rheology-by-Roberto-Sabadini.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090094095099095096/Car-Wars-Fifty-Years-Of-Greed-Treachery-And-Skulduggery-In-The-Global-Marketplace-by-Jonathan-Mantle.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9099093099098091/On-Bread-amp-Poetry-A-Panel-Discussion-with-Gary-Snyder-Lew-Welch-amp-Philip-Whalen-by-Gary-Snyder.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6097096099096094/Fury-s-Mantle-Fury-Unbound-5-by-Yasmine-Galenorn.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1098092093093092/Return-to-Newport-Return-to-Me-2-by-A-L-Parks.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1098092093094094/The-Return-Return-to-Me-1-by-A-L-Parks.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3094094095096090/Gary-Goldschneider-s-Everyday-Astrology-by-Gary-Goldschneider.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090097091095098096/Gary-Null-s-Power-Aging-by-Gary-Null.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8092098092095098/X3-by-Gary-A-Braunbeck.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2092099091098095/The-War-Nerd-by-Gary-Brecher.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4094090091094090/Notes-from-the-Dog-by-Gary-Paulsen.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1099099095095096/Aztec-by-Gary-Jennings.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090094095099095096/Car-Wars-Fifty-Years-Of-Greed-Treachery-And-Skul