Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5663755ca508881e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.1 KB Created: 2019-11-07 09:41:49 +00:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 26daf561e504e94083bf36088997e423 SHA-1: 14af68128569bbd96f74ea24e001eadcefdbf5fc SHA-256: 5663755ca508881e732a05a09836dcc7541a7311a62f0f481480c4f8f76f1258
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which are structured with numeric slugs and book titles, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While the specific intent of the URLs is not fully clear due to benign reputation labels on some, the sheer volume and the heuristic firing indicate a malicious attempt to leverage the PDF for traffic redirection or potentially to host further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9811

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/7731730733731730/The-Silent-Second-Chuck-Restic-Mystery-1-by-Adam-Walker-Phillips.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9731737737738/Awaken-Your-Alpha-Tales-and-Tactics-to-Thrive-by-Adam-Lewis-Walker.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2739735732731736/Hush-Money-A-Mystery-Jack-MacTaggart-1-by-Chuck-Greaves.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730739731733733737/Green-Eyed-Lady-A-Mystery-Jack-MacTaggart-2-by-Chuck-Greaves.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6732738734739/Silent-City-Pete-Fernandez-Mystery-1-by-Alex-Segura.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4736737733736734/Mystery-Falls-Mystery-Falls-1-by-Marilyn-Phillips.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1732739731738736/Chuck-Amuck-The-Life-and-Time-of-an-Animated-Cartoonist-by-Chuck-Jones.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4734731732739735/Meg-and-the-Secret-of-the-Witch-s-Stairway-A-Meg-Mystery-2-by-Holly-Beth-Walker.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1739737737731734/Buried-Leads-A-Headlines-in-High-Heels-Mystery-2-by-LynDee-Walker.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1737735736733730/Girl-About-Town-Lulu-Kelly-Mystery-1-by-Adam-Shankman.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9736738738735730/Shawn-Phillips-ABSolution-The-Practical-Solution-for-Building-Your-Best-Abs-by-Bill-Phillips.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731738731738733/The-Chuck-Davis-History-of-Metropolitan-Vancouver-by-Chuck-Davis.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5734739733732/The-Silent-Soldiers-Back-To-School-The-Silent-Soldiers-2-by-Travis-Stinnett.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2732739731731736/Shadow-Walker-Spirit-Walker-2-by-James-Galloway.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5733738731736731/Unlocking-the-Patmos-Code-by-Walker-William-Walker.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3734738737737738/Walker-Pride-The-Walker-Family-1-by-Bernadette-Marie.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731738731739735737/El-celibato-sacerdotal-Ensayo-n-458-by-Johann-Adam-Adam-M-ller.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7731734731/Wings-of-the-Walker-The-Walker-1-by-Coralee-June.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7732731735733730/Fight-of-the-Walker-The-Walker-3-by-Coralee-June.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4736731739732736/A-Silent-Voice-Volume-2-A-Silent-Voice-2-by-Yoshitoki-Oima.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1739737737731734/Buried-Leads-A-Headlines-in-High-Heels-Mystery-2-by-LynDee-Walker.p