Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d32197cc095ec46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

21.2 KB Created: 2019-06-10 05:24:49 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7 First seen: 2020-12-25
MD5: bc68bbd8cc949308ca868157188af099 SHA-1: 68c8b9a9f7d9c2d2a27867f436ff9c49e6a2c278 SHA-256: 6d32197cc095ec4658691cb6e7b3c1296c3dd50257ae0de90d9c0ab74188c1d2
92 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of embedded links to external PDF files hosted on the domain 'cefasfese.4pu.com'. This heuristic firing, combined with the ML classifier, strongly suggests a malicious SEO link farm or a distribution mechanism for further malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the PDF and the embedded links indicate an attempt to manipulate search results or redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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/8738735733737735/Arno-Schmidt-a-centennial-colloquy-by-M-A-Orthofer.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9735739738733739/Radio-Dialogs-II-by-Arno-Schmidt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2737736731739735/Evening-Edged-in-Gold-by-Arno-Schmidt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730731735732731735/Von-Tatwin-of-Canterbury-bis-John-Lennon-Kommentiertes-Register-der-von-Arno-Schmidt-rezipierten-Autoren-aus-der-anglophonen-Welt-by-Friedhelm-Rathjen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731737736735734738/Prosawerke-in-Einzelausgaben-Audio-CDs-Teil-9-Lilienthal-1801-2-Audio-CDs-by-Arno-Schmidt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/8738735733738730/Collected-Novellas-Collected-Early-Fiction-1949-1964-by-Arno-Schmidt.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/8738735734734739/Peter-Arno-s-Ladies-amp-Gentlemen-by-Peter-Arno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9737736736734735/Protected-Areas-Centres-For-Propagating-A-General-Nature-Conservation-Policy-Colloquy-Organised-By-The-Council-Of-Europe-And-The-Management-Of-The-Abruzzi-National-Park-Italy-8-10-June-1997-by-Pierre-Hunkeler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4738731731739/Washington-a-Centennial-Atlas-by-James-W-Scott.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4739731733731730/Her-Montana-Twins-Big-Sky-Centennial-3-by-Carolyne-Aarsen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2735734734736733/The-Centennial-History-of-the-Civil-War-Trilogy-by-Bruce-Catton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4739731733730734/His-Montana-Sweetheart-Big-Sky-Centennial-2-by-Ruth-Logan-Herne.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7736732738739730/In-Search-of-Centennial-A-Journey-with-James-A-Michener-by-John-Kings.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/7732735739732/Tasting-Colorado-Favorite-Recipes-from-the-Centennial-State-by-Michele-Morris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6730735734739731/Oration-on-the-Centennial-Anniversary-of-the-Declaration-of-Independance-by-Robert-Charles-Winthrop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6733738734738736/Diocese-of-Southwark-1905-2005-A-Centennial-Celebration-by-Revd-Antony-Hurst.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6733736731739736/Carmel-in-America-A-centennial-history-of-the-Discalced-Carmelites-in-the-United-States-by-Charles-Warren-Currier.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/8738735732736734/Betrayal-of-the-Self-by-Arno-Gruen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/8733734737737736/D-ferlante-by-Arno-B-Karabatis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5731738732730737/Der-Fremde-in-uns-by-Arno-Gruen.pdfIn PDF document text