Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba37c4297af6c2bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.1 KB Created: 2020-03-15 01:04:45 +00:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 831505b9b5d54c035225721ae823c924 SHA-1: 731eeff60f3efdd884745b6067b61ffdbadeda99 SHA-256: ba37c4297af6c2bdddec28d6ccb222de731f6cb23f0ed106d1d761f90f2d3a2e
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, identified as a PDF SEO link farm. The primary heuristic indicates a critical finding related to this link farm, with the dominant host being owlaokopdf.myhome.cx. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains these URLs, suggesting the file's purpose is to direct users to these external resources. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/681688161816981688165/Reel-World-An-Anthropology-of-Creation-by-Anand-Pandian.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/1816181698160816081638164/Anthropology-And-As-Education-Anthropology-Art-Architecture-and-Design-by-Tim-Ingold.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/681688161816881698162/Reel-to-Reel-by-Alan-Shapiro.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/281618165816281608161/Global-Transformations-Anthropology-and-the-Modern-World-by-Michel-Rolph-Trouillot.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/68164816381668160/Cultural-Anthropology-in-a-Globalizing-World-with-MyAnthroLab-amp-eText-Access-Code-by-Barbara-D-Miller.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/681638166816681628163/The-Art-of-Conscious-Creation-How-You-Can-Transform-the-World-by-Jackie-Lapin.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/181658160816781688165/Enlightenment-Britain-and-the-Creation-of-the-Modern-World-by-Roy-Porter.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/48166816581688169/In-the-Beginning-Creation-Stories-from-Around-the-World-by-Virginia-Hamilton.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/681678160816881608165/The-Elusive-Elixir-by-Gigi-Pandian.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/481608165816081618164/Quicksand-Jaya-Jones-Treasure-Hunt-Mystery-3-by-Gigi-Pandian.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/581618167816381638167/Act-Of-Creation-The-Founding-of-the-United-Nations-A-Story-of-Superpowers-Secret-Agents-Wartime-Allies-and-Enemies-and-Their-Quest-for-a-Peaceful-World-by-Stephen-C-Schlesinger.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/58169816381638165/Coolie-by-Mulk-Raj-Anand.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/181698167816581688168/The-Quest-For-Nothing-by-Anurag-Anand.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/181648169816581648160/The-Legend-of-Amrapali-by-Anurag-Anand.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/381608168816481618160/An-Affair-to-Remember-by-Harkeerat-Anand.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/181628167816481668166/Love-on-3-Wheels-by-Anurag-Anand.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/181608168816681678166/Emotions-Unplugged-by-Vishal-Anand.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/381638169816481608168/Across-the-Black-Waters-by-Mulk-Raj-Anand.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/281618163816381648166/No-Guns-At-My-Son-s-Funeral-by-Paro-Anand.pdf
    • http://owlaokopdf.myhome.cx/481608169816981608165/I-m-Not-Butter-Chicken-by-Paro-Anand.pdf

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