Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1de97a6d1758815…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2019-05-02 22:44:54 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 626d55e438bd546b33d736bd2dcb637f SHA-1: 938a22239c1d0b1e81f10289dff3b819f943d911 SHA-256: c1de97a6d1758815e00f38826f305faa110fbadf886578ba60580c08e359636f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded external links, identified as a PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. While the document body is heavily corrupted, the presence of numerous links suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or distribute malicious content. No scripts were extracted from this sample. The primary IOCs are the URLs found within the document.

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/5097093098095/Vaccination-Vaccination-Trilogy-1-by-Phillip-Tomasso-III.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092092097096/Preservation-Vaccination-Trilogy-3-by-Phillip-Tomasso-III.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090096098091094095/The-Vaccination-Debate-Making-the-Right-Choice-for-You-and-Your-Children-by-Chris-Spinelli.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9099099096093090/Bodily-Matters-The-Anti-Vaccination-Movement-in-England-1853-1907-by-Nadja-Durbach.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091095099095094095/Handbook-of-Meningococcal-Disease-Infection-Biology-Vaccination-Clinical-Management-by-Matthias-Frosch.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2095098092092097/Adverse-Impact-by-Phillip-Tomasso-III.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5091091092098/Sounds-of-Silence-by-Phillip-Tomasso-III.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090099099098099/Damn-the-Dead-Arcadia-1-by-Phillip-Tomasso-III.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3099099092096096/Woman-with-a-Gun-by-Phillip-Margolin.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4093097099092098/China-by-Phillip-Donnelly.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1097093097090/Heartstone-by-Phillip-Margolin.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2098096096091099/For-the-Heart-of-Phillip-by-S-L-Danielson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4093090096098/Too-Easy-by-Phillip-DePoy.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1097092097094096/Kev-the-Vampire-by-Phillip-Donnelly.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8098091097098095/Articles-on-Bartimaeus-Trilogy-Including-The-Amulet-of-Samarkand-the-Golem-s-Eye-Ptolemy-s-Gate-Magic-in-the-Bartimaeus-Trilogy-Characters-of-the-Bartimaeus-Trilogy-by-Hephaestus-Books.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9096095091095091/Hunting-Gabi-by-Phillip-Harben.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1099091097099097/A-Hack-s-Progress-by-Phillip-Knightley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4097094098095098/Darwin-on-Trial-by-Phillip-E-Johnson.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1098099092090/Thief-in-the-Interior-by-Phillip-B-Williams.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9099097095092093/Last-Exit-to-Montauk-by-Phillip-Vega.pdf