Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aeb49e265ebfb8ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.9 KB Created: 2019-04-30 17:23:08 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: df3142349a5d2ca06ee7cac7bee71f08 SHA-1: 5c485af29f92ad53e7fdfc0ded5db34edfcff9cc SHA-256: aeb49e265ebfb8ad0d712da07409445359441f27d193d3da24319280133e5049
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, identified as a PDF SEO link farm. While most of these URLs were classified as benign, the sheer volume and the heuristic firing indicate a malicious intent, likely to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, limiting further analysis.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9925

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/2096097091098092/The-Lonely-Planet-Travel-Anthology-True-stories-from-the-world-s-best-writers-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090099098091094092/Lonely-Planet-s-Ultimate-Travel-Our-List-of-the-500-Best-Places-to-See-Ranked-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4097091097099092/Lonely-Planet-s-Food-Lover-s-Guide-to-the-World-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090093099092097093/Lonely-Planet-Puerto-Rico-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7093093095094093/Lonely-Planet-Hong-Kong-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091097093094099096/Lonely-Planet-Panama-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8094098090094093/Lonely-Planet-Mexico-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9096095097098097/Lonely-Planet-Best-of-Japan-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5096097096090092/Chili---Sud-de-la-Patagonie-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2090095094096097/Discover-London-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5096097095099097/Argentine-5---Patagonie-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6090097091093098/Br-sil-8---Santa-Catarina-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3094097094090097/Unlikely-Destinations-The-Lonely-Planet-Story-by-Tony-Wheeler.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091094097095092099/Lonely-Planet-Reisef-hrer-Thailand-by-China-Williams.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6097099097099093/Bolivie---Hauts-Plateaux-du-centre-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4091097092097096/Lonely-Planet-Journeys-Drive-Thru-America-by-Sean-Condon.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4097091097099090/The-World-s-Best-Spicy-Food-Where-to-Find-it-How-to-Make-it-by-Lonely-Planet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090090096097099094/Lonely-Planet-Tahiti-amp-French-Polynesia-by-Jean-Bernard-Carillet.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091093090090099099/Adventures-in-Famous-Places-Packed-Full-of-Activities-and-Over-250-Stickers-by-Lonely-Planet-Kids.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4093097092095098/Unpacked-Travel-Disaster-Stories-by-Tony-Wheeler-and-Other-Lonely-Planet-Authors-by-Tony-Wheeler.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2090095094096097/Discover-London-by-Lonely-Plan

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.