Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa34404ae808dd30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.7 KB Created: 2019-05-01 18:45:28 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 90ae268d093fe206091d3104418cd3ef SHA-1: 6649120b73997c081d88537589546b4c81c1aed6 SHA-256: aa34404ae808dd301b2720b5faf73d5db9eceadb09934b4c0031c2957a468f7d
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was identified as malicious due to a critical heuristic firing for a PDF SEO link farm. This indicates the document's primary purpose is to host a large number of external links, likely for SEO manipulation or to direct users to potentially harmful content. While the specific intent of the linked PDFs is unclear, the sheer volume and the nature of the heuristic suggest a malicious distribution or traffic-generation scheme.

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/1098091099095094/Echo-of-a-Siren-by-Sonya-C-Dodd.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4095094092095099/Echo-of-a-Siren-by-Sonya-C-Dodd.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4095094092096096/Don-t-Tell-Me-You-re-Sorry-by-Sonya-C-Dodd.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4095094092096095/Brass-Buttons-by-Sonya-C-Dodd.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3098092096090092/A-Whisper-in-the-Wind-by-Sonya-C-Dodd.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091098091093093097/Amazon-Echo-Amazon-Echo-Advanced-User-Guide-2016-Updated-Echo-Amazon-Echo-User-Manual-Amazon-Alexa-Amazon-Echo-Dot-Amazon-Echo-ebook-by-Jamy-Jackson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6091099093091096/The-Storm-Siren-Trilogy-Storm-Siren-Siren-s-Fury-Siren-s-Song-by-Mary-Weber.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091098091093097090/Amazon-Dot-Newbie-to-Expert-in-60-Minutes-on-Amazon-Dot-2nd-Generation-Echo-Amazon-Echo-User-Manual-Amazon-Alexa-Amazon-Echo-Dot-Amazon-Echo-ebook-Book-3-by-Jamy-Jackson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2095091095099098/Birdwoman-Memoirs-of-a-Lovesick-Siren-Diaries-of-a-Siren-Book-1-by-Anne-Carlisle.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2099093099/Siren-s-Song-Storm-Siren-3-by-Mary-Weber.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091093098/Siren-s-Fury-Storm-Siren-2-by-Mary-Weber.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8091091097098092/Echo-Echo-Reverso-Poems-About-Greek-Myths-by-Marilyn-Singer.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9092090090091093/Echo-of-Danger-Echo-Falls-1-by-Marta-Perry.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1098092091093096/The-Siren-s-Son-The-Siren-Legacy-1-by-Helen-Scott.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9092090090097093/Echo-Desert-Run-Echo-3-by-Terry-Moore.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2095091099094091/The-Secret-Life-of-Charlotte-Dodd-Charlotte-Dodd-1-by-Holly-Kerr.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3098091094097090/Christmas-Kisses-An-Echo-Ridge-Anthology-Echo-Ridge-1-by-Cami-Checketts.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2093093095093091/Resonance-An-Echo-Trilogy-Novella-Echo-Trilogy-1-5-by-Lindsey-Fairleigh.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4093091098098093/Siren-Song-Siren-Song-Trilogy-1-by-B-A-Blackwood.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1097096091093099/Echo-s-Revenge-Echo-s-Revenge-1-by-Sean-Austin.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091098091093097090/Amazon-Dot-Newbie-to-Expert-in-60-Minutes-on-Amazon-Dot-2nd-Generation-Echo-Amazon-