Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9612cd93086be5c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

26.0 KB Created: 2019-04-29 23:42:06 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: c5263612f870e1d01e7d408d4bd64bde SHA-1: 04b5dec1442c3ad36bac98e1b0135e511cc80ac1 SHA-256: 9612cd93086be5c2ad39533436274bc9909c52ea18c64cedd492f177cf28562d
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier with high confidence and contains a large number of embedded links, many of which point to external PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm or a distribution mechanism for further malicious content. The primary attack pattern observed is the mass embedding of URLs, likely to manipulate search engine results or serve as a lure for users to click on potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7201201200208204/Logistic-Management-A-Competitive-Advantage-for-the-New-Millennium-by-Kunal-Sharma.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/8203202207200207/Elite-Minds-Creating-the-Competitive-Advantage-by-Stan-Beecham.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200203201202206/The-Resilient-Enterprise-Overcoming-Vulnerability-for-Competitive-Advantage-by-Yossi-Sheffi.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3202209203205202/Competitive-Advantage-Creating-and-Sustaining-Superior-Performance-by-Michael-E-Porter.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3203200203203200/Beyond-Performance-How-Great-Organizations-Build-Ultimate-Competitive-Advantage-by-Scott-Keller.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/5208201206204202/Leveraging-Knowledge-Based-Assets-The-New-Value-Equation-to-Create-Competitive-Advantage-by-Marius-Ungerer.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/9204207207208207/Business-Modeling-for-Life-Science-and-Biotech-Companies-Creating-Value-and-Competitive-Advantage-with-the-Milestone-Bridge-by-Alberto-Onetti.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200201205207207/The-Design-of-Business-Why-Design-Thinking-is-the-Next-Competitive-Advantage-by-Roger-L-Martin.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200200200201203208/Hearing-the-Voice-of-the-Market-Competitive-Advantage-Through-Creative-Use-of-Market-Information-by-Vincent-Barabba.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/4202202200208207/The-Lean-Strategy-Using-Lean-to-Create-Competitive-Advantage-Unleash-Innovation-and-Deliver-Sustainable-Growth-by-Michael-Ball-.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7209209200200202/The-Art-of-Framing-Managing-the-Language-of-Leadership-J-B-US-non-Franchise-Leadership-Book-289-by-Gail-T-Fairhurst.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/8200209203203200/Self-Leadership-and-the-One-Minute-Manager-Increasing-Effectiveness-Through-Situational-Self-Leadership-by-Kenneth-H-Blanchard.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/2208204208204207/Jesus-on-Leadership-Timeless-Wisdom-on-Servant-Leadership-by-C-Gene-Wilkes.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200203200202201/The-Toyota-Way-to-Lean-Leadership-Achieving-and-Sustaining-Excellence-Through-Leadership-Development-by-Jeffrey-K-Liker.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/9207200202205/The-Effect-of-Transformational-Leadership-A-phenomenological-study-of-African-American-leadership-concerns-by-Samuel-Momah.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/4206203201202202/Leadership-Reflections-on-Biblical-Leadership-Today-by-Philip-Greenslade.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3203200205202200/Leadership-Academy-The-Only-Leadership-Book-You-Must-Read-by-Can-Akdeniz.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/8204209208205206/Coaching-for-Leadership-The-Practice-of-Leadership-Coaching-from-the-World-s-Greatest-Coaches-by-Marshall-Goldsmith.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/6203203204208204/New-Schools-For-A-New-Age-by-William-Georgiades.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/6203203204208207/Audit-Procedures-2007-by-George-Georgiades.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/520820120620420

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