Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a924c3595f52f687…

MALICIOUS

PDF

28.8 KB Created: 2019-05-01 17:05:33 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 636cbc9fbee71e17c00f3834077faf50 SHA-1: 1e57e795ac2e5f2a4a0cc2b1f6ea39bf049877bf SHA-256: a924c3595f52f687f3ae1b13ed0791bb671e6764308d2a8b2b222ba5d1d9d88f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for a link farm, indicating a large number of embedded external links. While most of these links were labeled as benign, the sheer volume and the nature of the heuristic suggest a malicious intent, possibly for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample, limiting the ability to determine specific payload delivery mechanisms.

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/8097091099092/Thinking-Strategically-The-Competitive-Edge-in-Business-Politics-and-Everyday-Life-by-Avinash-K-Dixit.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8097095098093/Games-of-Strategy-by-Avinash-K-Dixit.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090091095097097/The-Design-of-Business-Why-Design-Thinking-is-the-Next-Competitive-Advantage-by-Roger-L-Martin.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090098095092097094/Offline-To-Online-Business-Manifesto-The-Step-By-Step-Blueprint-for-Strategically-Positioning-Your-Business-on-the-Internet-for-Mega-Profits-by-Ope-Banwo.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9094097097098097/Business-Modeling-for-Life-Science-and-Biotech-Companies-Creating-Value-and-Competitive-Advantage-with-the-Milestone-Bridge-by-Alberto-Onetti.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7096093094097/Linked-How-Everything-Is-Connected-to-Everything-Else-and-What-It-Means-for-Business-Science-and-Everyday-Life-by-Albert-L-szl-Barab-si.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2097098090098099/A-Competitive-Edge-by-Adara-O-Hare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090099092099097093/Qualitative-Inquiry-in-Everyday-Life-Working-with-Everyday-Life-Materials-by-Svend-Brinkmann.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090092097097093/The-End-of-Competitive-Advantage-How-to-Keep-Your-Strategy-Moving-as-Fast-as-Your-Business-by-Rita-Gunther-McGrath.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8099098097097094/The-Great-Indian-Phone-Book-How-the-Cheap-Cell-Phone-Changes-Business-Politics-and-Daily-Life-by-Assa-Doron.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3096098097097093/Everyday-Life-in-Early-America-The-Everyday-Life-in-America-series-by-David-Freeman-Hawke.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8098097099097094/The-Power-Of-Positive-Thinking-A-Practical-Guide-To-Mastering-The-Problems-Of-Everyday-Living-by-Norman-Vincent-Peale.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8098090094090093/New-Thinking-And-Developments-In-International-Politics-Opportunities-And-Dangers-by-Neal-Riemer.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1092097096097094/Life-on-the-Edge-Edge-1-by-Jennifer-Comeaux.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3093099094095090/Well-Designed-Life-10-Lessons-in-Brain-Science-amp-Design-Thinking-for-a-Mindful-Healthy-amp-Purposeful-Life-by-Kyra-Bobinet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091099092098094099/The-Real-Politics-of-the-Horn-of-Africa-Money-War-and-the-Business-of-Power-by-Alex-de-Waal.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2099091097098093/Sober-Living-for-the-Revolution-Hardcore-Punk-Straight-Edge-and-Radical-Politics-by-Gabriel-Kuhn.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9096097091093096/Globalization-and-Business-Politics-in-Arab-North-Africa-A-Comparative-Perspective-by-Melani-Cammett.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5091097097093094/Regulating-Railroad-Innovation-Business-Technology-and-Politics-in-America-1840-1920-by-Steven-W-Usselman.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4091096091091098/The-Next-Sky-by-Pakhi-Dixit.pdf

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