Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e6749d9a3dbb817…

MALICIOUS

PDF

22.5 KB Created: 2019-05-03 05:54:28 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 50224bf672023c43556cb5b676f5bebd SHA-1: 2c6715998dcc4cd54083bb2b0a946b225bd104e7 SHA-256: 5e6749d9a3dbb81727f0f7fa093c423a7d14eb48d2e39006218d33f56c356b87
100 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links, identified as a link farm, which is a common tactic for SEO manipulation or distributing malicious content. While the URLs themselves were flagged as benign, the sheer volume and the heuristic firing indicate a malicious intent to direct users to external resources. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://muicuiu.dumb1.com/1a00a00a09a05/The-Divide-American-Injustice-in-the-Age-of-the-Wealth-Gap-by-Matt-Taibbi.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/4a09a08a01a02a02/The-Great-Derangement-A-Terrifying-True-Story-of-War-Politics-and-Religion-by-Matt-Taibbi.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/1a01a05a07a01a03a01/Tearing-Down-the-Gates-Confronting-the-Class-Divide-in-American-Education-by-Peter-Sacks.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/1a01a07a04a03a04a09/Understanding-the-Windsor-Report-Two-Leaders-in-the-American-Church-Speak-Across-the-Divide-by-Paul-F-M-Zahl.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/9a00a09a08a01a03/The-Divide-The-Divide-Series-1-by-Kaitlyn-Kroner.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/1a08a09a03a00a02/Requiem-for-the-American-Dream-The-10-Principles-of-Concentration-of-Wealth-amp-Power-by-Noam-Chomsky.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/2a01a08a06a03/The-Politics-of-Rich-and-Poor-Wealth-and-the-American-Electorate-in-the-Reagan-Aftermath-by-Kevin-Phillips.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/3a07a00a07a07a06/Empire-of-Wealth-An-The-Epic-History-of-American-Economic-Power-by-John-Steele-Gordon.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/1a00a04a00a02a03a09/Building-Wealth-with-Silver---How-to-Profit-From-The-Biggest-Wealth-Transfer-in-History-by-Thomas-Herold.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/9a05a05a00a05a09/Wealth-Magnet-Principles-of-Wealth-Attraction-by-Dolf-de-Roos.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/6a02a04a00a04a06/Creating-Wealth-Retire-in-Ten-Years-Using-Allen-s-Seven-Principles-of-Wealth-by-Robert-G-Allen.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/3a03a02a06a03a01/The-Injustice-Cure-by-Luke-George.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/3a03a00a04a04a00/The-Injustice-of-Being-Campus-Cravings-16-by-Carol-Lynne.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/4a04a04a01a05a01/Injustice-A-Kingpin-Love-Affair-4-by-J-L-Beck.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/6a04a02a02a05a09/An-Engineered-Injustice-Philadelphia-Legal-2-by-William-L-Myers-Jr-.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/1a01a05a00/Unfair-The-New-Science-of-Criminal-Injustice-by-Adam-Benforado.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/3a08a08a08a03/The-Innocent-Man-Murder-and-Injustice-in-a-Small-Town-by-John-Grisham.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/8a04a03a09a00a02/Dillard-Double-2-Injustice-for-All-amp-Reasonable-Fear-by-Scott-Pratt.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/1a06a07a03a00a09/Gates-of-Injustice-The-Crisis-in-America-s-Prisons-by-Alan-Elsner.pdf
    • http://muicuiu.dumb1.com/7a01a06a00a04/The-Myth-of-Equality-Uncovering-the-Roots-of-Injustice-and-Privilege-by-Ken-Wytsma.pdf