Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a298945f6b95b1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.0 KB Created: 2019-05-07 03:20:14 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 776ef40e9cf93aa6f63277e82a08250d SHA-1: e8bf87b480749f14d3d1c23e422578c66ecaa8e8 SHA-256: 9a298945f6b95b1cfb4971959ced7919a55796f453134ee31d145398f48ea581
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to external PDF documents, a technique often used for SEO poisoning or to distribute malicious content. The URLs are hosted on the domain 'loaminoo.linkpc.net', which is flagged as suspicious. While no scripts were extracted, the sheer volume of links suggests an attempt to direct users to potentially harmful content, possibly as a lure for further exploitation or phishing.

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://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1095094095099091/The-Rook-The-Checquy-Files-1-by-Daniel-O-39-Malley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090094092090/The-Rook-The-Checquy-Files-1-by-Daniel-O-39-Malley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3091093099090097/The-Rook-The-Checquy-Files-1-by-Daniel-O-39-Malley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1093090095090099/The-Rook-The-Patrick-Bowers-Files-2-by-Steven-James.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090094095092096094/The-X-Files-Cold-Cases-X-Files-1-by-Joe-Harris.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1092096096093096/I-Am-Number-Four-The-Lost-Files-Rebel-Allies-Lorien-Legacies-The-Lost-Files-10-12-by-Pittacus-Lore.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090099095094092095/Rook-Sex-and-Bullets-3-by-Jo-Raven.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3091097094094/Rook-by-Anthony-McGowan.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2093096099094097/Run-Wild-Run-Free-by-David-Rook.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2091099099094091/Manic-Rook-and-Ronin-2-by-J-A-Huss.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8096093092094/Nearly-Departed-Weirdsville-1-by-Rook-Hastings.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3093092092092091/Red-Rook-Gailsone-2-by-Casey-Glanders.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9097099094092096/OWL-A-Winterling-story-about-Fer-and-Rook-by-Sarah-Prineas.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1094095098090096/Craving-U-The-Rook-Caf-1-by-Mirella-Muffarotto.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4094091091091/Side-Jobs-Stories-from-the-Dresden-Files-The-Dresden-Files-12-5-by-Jim-Butcher.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096093092099097/Check-Mr-Rook-s-Island-3-by-Mimi-Jean-Pamfiloff.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2092095093094090/London-1850-Vampire-Plagues-1-by-Sebastian-Rook.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3095093095091094/Halos-and-Horns-About-Aiden-Rook-s-Demon-by-J-C-Holly.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2091093095093093/The-Edge-Chronicles-8-Vox-Second-Book-of-Rook-by-Paul-Stewart.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096093091098097/Pawn-Mr-Rook-s-Island-2-by-Mimi-Jean-Pamfiloff.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2091099099094091/Manic-R