Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6b51b83926fce31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

24.0 KB Created: 2020-03-15 11:55:04 +00:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: af23a6f803f3b56adb11c6087d566c4a SHA-1: 55f884f2119fd246610312bc9f4a7d054d12bffb SHA-256: a6b51b83926fce312737a3597b0c77520d957f55c3a50b7614d158ebf61f924d
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to external PDF files, a technique often used for SEO poisoning or to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the extensive link farm suggests a delivery mechanism for other threats.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9910

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://tanceubio.myhome.cx/93d73d73d03d53d7/Birder-s-Handbook-A-Field-Guide-to-the-Natural-History-of-North-American-Birds-by-Paul-R-Ehrlich.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/83d13d23d23d73d7/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-to-North-American-Birds-Eastern-Region-by-National-Audubon-Society.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/43d93d43d63d23d7/A-Natural-History-of-North-American-Trees-by-Donald-Culross-Peattie.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/83d13d23d53d23d8/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-to-North-American-Trees--W-Western-Region-by-Elbert-L-Little.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/83d13d23d23d73d8/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-to-North-American-Trees-Eastern-Region-by-Elbert-L-Little.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/83d13d83d03d33d8/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-to-North-American-Reptiles-and-Amphibians-by-John-L-Behler.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/63d93d93d03d33d6/National-Geographic-Field-Guide-to-the-Birds-of-North-America-by-National-Geographic-Society.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/13d63d23d53d7/Great-River-The-Rio-Grande-in-North-American-History-by-Paul-Horgan.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/13d63d23d53d6/Great-River-The-Rio-Grande-in-North-American-History-Volume-One-Indians-and-Spain-by-Paul-Horgan.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/13d83d83d03d63d2/Handbook-of-birds-of-eastern-North-America-by-Frank-M-Chapman.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/63d23d73d73d03d6/Old-Man-River-The-Mississippi-River-in-North-American-History-by-Paul-Schneider.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/93d93d23d53d03d3/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-to-California-Regional-Guide-Birds-Animals-Trees-Wildflowers-Insects-Weather-Nature-Pre-Serves-and-More-by-Peter-Alden.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/73d13d73d53d13d6/Birds-of-Ohio-Field-Guide-by-Stan-Tekiela.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/13d13d73d33d63d33d8/The-Birds-of-Panama-A-Field-Guide-by-George-R-Angehr.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/43d23d13d93d53d1/Birds-Art-Life-Death-A-Field-Guide-to-the-Small-and-Significant-by-Kyo-Maclear.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/93d03d53d03d5/An-Enchantment-of-Birds-Memories-from-a-Birder-s-Life-by-Richard-J-Cannings.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/83d13d23d23d83d4/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-to-North-American-Wildflowers-Eastern-Region-by-National-Audubon-Society.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/13d13d93d13d13d13d4/Birds-of-the-Colorado-valley-scientific-and-popular-information-concerning-North-American-ornithology-by-Eliott-Coues.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/43d93d43d73d33d9/A-Field-Guide-To-The-Familiar-Learning-To-Observe-The-Natural-World-by-Gale-Lawrence.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/33d43d03d83d63d4/What-Should-a-Clever-Moose-Eat-Natural-History-Ecology-and-the-North-Woods-by-John-Pastor.pdf
    • http://tanceubio.myhome.cx/83d13d23d23d73d8/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-to-North-American-Trees-Eastern-Regi