Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c7aa5acdac92051…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.4 KB Created: 2019-05-04 14:24:16 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: f20196cffe648900854d5143ef612c01 SHA-1: 0d39bc42b0cc01c0d0a3249308cfd89f6be32bd9 SHA-256: 4c7aa5acdac920512ec9b1b5e32c0a02cb995b35cf231eeefe71ae61fc12951b
90 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 PDF documents, a technique often used for SEO spam or to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and the presence of numerous links to potentially harmful content suggest a delivery mechanism for other threats.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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/1099094094095098/The-World-s-Most-Haunted-House-by-William-J-Hall.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1099094095096092/HAUNTED-ASYLUMS-HAUNTED-CEMETERIES-The-creepiest-places-on-earth-haunted-asylums-haunted-cemeteries-haunted-forests-haunted-woods-True-Tales-of-Haunted-Morgues-Haunted-Forests-Book-1-by-James-Pattern.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090092094099099095/The-First-William-Morris-Omnibus-The-House-of-the-Wolflings-The-Well-at-the-World-s-End-Wood-Beyond-the-World-by-William-Morris.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5098092093099097/The-Haunted-Hall-Partridge-Family-Book-2-by-Michael-Avallone.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3098091098096094/In-the-Haunted-House-by-Eve-Bunting.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9091097093096091/The-Haunted-House-by-Jason-Sneijder.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1098091098097090/The-Haunted-House-Symphony-by-Sue-Latham.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090091093095092093/Gabby-s-Haunted-House-5-by-Lorrie-Bannett.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090091093096096093/Gabby-s-Haunted-House-3-by-Lorrie-Bannett.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6098099090094095/In-Love-with-a-Haunted-House-by-Kate-Goldman.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3098092091094096/The-Haunted-House-Party-by-Barry-Louis-Polisar.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1099094093094096/Cam-Jansen-and-the-Mystery-at-the-Haunted-House-13-by-David-A-Adler.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8099095092097/The-Mammoth-Book-of-Haunted-House-Stories-by-Peter-Haining.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5090090098091092/Madame-Lalaurie-Mistress-of-the-Haunted-House-by-Carolyn-Morrow-Long.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2098098094091090/Adrift-on-the-Haunted-Seas-The-Best-Short-Stories-by-William-Hope-Hodgson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5093091094090090/The-Demon-haunted-World-by-Carl-Sagan.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3093090099096/The-Demon-Haunted-World-Science-as-a-Candle-in-the-Dark-by-Carl-Sagan.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4096092095091096/Encyclopedia-of-Haunted-Places-Ghostly-Locales-from-Around-the-World-by-Jeff-Belanger.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1099094093091096/The-World-s-Most-Haunted-Places-From-the-Secret-Files-of-Ghostvillage-com-by-Jeff-Belanger.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2094092098094096/Dorrie-and-the-Haunted-House-Dorrie-the-Little-Witch-7-by-Patricia-Coombs.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5098092093099097/The-Haunted-Ha