Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c170a4cd323337e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.6 KB Created: 2018-11-23 21:08:52 +03:00 Authoring application: Microsoft Word: LaserWriter 8 8.6.5 (via Acrobat Distiller 4.0 for Macintosh)
MD5: 8c7cc2a7098630415afc7caa00f91a11 SHA-1: 44fbe577c8e124734b7f22bba9b536f358ebaf70 SHA-256: c170a4cd323337e4681ba5d735ec17bf38312a1676a0b9200aef3455411ddc0e
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

The PDF file exhibits a critical heuristic firing for a 'SEO Link Farm', indicating a large number of external links embedded within the document. These links predominantly point to PDF files hosted on 'www.gorillawalker.com'. The primary intent appears to be SEO manipulation or a lure to download other content, potentially malicious. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was heavily obfuscated, limiting further analysis of the specific lure.

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.
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