Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7abd2b0b6be9cb06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.2 KB Created: 2020-03-18 21:08:34 +00:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 5728ec2b46a734861b20279e3dfef797 SHA-1: e1d6001acf7a777848af630a52937b03e3ad302e SHA-256: 7abd2b0b6be9cb06bbbef120eb62b2c11c3327b6e658094b81a1852d516362c8
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, masquerading as book titles, which is indicative of a link farm or SEO poisoning attack. The primary heuristic identified this as a critical finding, suggesting the document's purpose is to redirect users to potentially malicious external sites. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was heavily corrupted, limiting further analysis of the exact payload.

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://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/1551550555552550/The-Witches-of-Eastwick-Eastwick-1-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3551556559555554/Couples-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/2552550554555/The-Coup-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/5550551552559556/Rabbit-Run-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/1555558553554/Bech-A-Book-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/2555559559556556/Rabbit-Redux-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/2551556550559/Still-Looking-Essays-on-American-Art-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/2555559558555558/Rabbit-At-Rest-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3557550558559550/The-Complete-Henry-Bech-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/1556550555554/Pigeon-Feathers-and-Other-Stories-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/4554555558550555/The-Best-American-Short-Stories-1984-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/1550559555552553552/Higher-Gossip-Essays-and-Criticism-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/4557550555553557/Witches-With-the-Enemy-A-Novel-of-the-Mist-Torn-Witches-The-Mist-Torn-Witches-series-Book-3-by-Barb-Hendee.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/4557558553554/Rabbit-Omnibus-Rabbit-Run-Rabbit-Redux-Rabbit-Is-Rich-by-John-Updike.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/1550558553552552557/Ghosts-of-Witches-Past-Witches-of-Tower-Hill-1-by-Corinne-O-39-Flynn.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3553556553550/Witches-Abroad-Discworld-12-Witches-3-by-Terry-Pratchett.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3559556556557552/The-Trouble-With-Witches-Wicked-Witches-of-the-Midwest-9-by-Amanda-M-Lee.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3554556552555550/Witches-in-Red-Mist-Torn-Witches-2-by-Barb-Hendee.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3558559557554559/Kissing-the-Bridesmaid-by-Dominique-Eastwick.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3554552556551558/Hunting-JC-Sherman-Family-1-by-Dominique-Eastwick.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/4557550555553557/Witches-With-the-Enemy-A-Novel-of-the-Mist-Torn-Witches-The-Mist-Torn-Witches-series-Book-3-by-B

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