Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ad91d137d0ae160…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.3 KB Created: 2019-05-07 08:30:16 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 7f1aa40dd1b77ef0c4102c47922f93ca SHA-1: 2d2fc99375c099f73511d909b74766b0db986012 SHA-256: 9ad91d137d0ae16095c96df1c2bd4b5d8f7f4022b07c4c24fadf6731600d7856
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs, identified as a link farm. While the URLs themselves are marked as benign, the sheer volume and the heuristic firing suggest an attempt to manipulate search engine results or to distribute potentially malicious content through these links. No scripts were extracted from this sample, and the document body was heavily obfuscated, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

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/1097099092097095/Engaging-the-Enemy-The-Wild-Randalls-1-by-Heather-Boyd.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4092099095097093/Engaging-the-Enemy-Vatta-s-War-3-by-Elizabeth-Moon.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3094097099091099/An-Improper-Proposal-Distinguished-Rogues-6-by-Heather-Boyd.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3099099094096094/The-Young-Protectors-Engaging-The-Enemy-The-Young-Protectors-1-by-Alex-Woolfson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4095098099097095/Dillinger-s-Wild-Ride-The-Year-That-Made-America-s-Public-Enemy-Number-One-by-Elliott-J-Gorn.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3097097095098099/Randalls-Round-by-Eleanor-Scott.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4091096096091097/Vanilla-on-Top-Walk-on-the-Wild-Side-1-Heather-and-Tony-1-by-C-J-Ellisson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4092095092093095/The-Enemy-of-an-Enemy-Lost-Tales-of-Power-1-by-Vincent-Trigili.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3090099099097090/Enemy-Outside-Unseen-Enemy-2-by-Marysol-James.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3093094093094095/Enemy-of-My-Enemy-Terra-Nova-1-by-Ben-Ohlander.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4096098097098094/Wild-and-Fevered-Fevered-Hearts-6-5-by-Heather-Long.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091099095097091/Dance-with-the-Enemy-The-Enemy-1-by-Rob-Sinclair.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096096091097096/Enemy-Within-Enemy-1-by-Marcella-Burnard.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4092091098094/The-Enemy-The-Enemy-1-by-Charlie-Higson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3097099090090097/The-Enemy-The-Enemy-1-by-Charlie-Higson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7097097096098091/Dance-with-the-Enemy-The-Enemy-1-by-Rob-Sinclair.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7097097097093091/Rise-of-the-Enemy-The-Enemy-2-by-Rob-Sinclair.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3097091094099097/Engaging-the-Bachelor-Pulse-1-by-Cathryn-Fox.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2096097093091090/Engaging-the-Earl-Accidental-Peers-4-by-Diana-Quincy.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1098094097095095/The-Power-of-10-A-practice-for-engaging-your-voice-of-wisdom-by-Rugger-Burke.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/309309409309409

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