Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c20ea4e9aabffd6b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

15.4 KB Created: 2019-05-02 08:26:59 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 8c58d372457ef6a2dd96885294ce8abf SHA-1: 99004a4eadf7eefcc8cf044b7f2f1fc9f78bed66 SHA-256: c20ea4e9aabffd6b2713e14acca6f98da484c4d079ddba5dd094a17bc885e8ab
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links pointing to external PDF documents hosted on the dynamic DNS domain 'xiixmcuin.linkpc.net'. This behavior is indicative of SEO poisoning or a link farm designed to drive traffic. 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.
    URL http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200206204203209200/The-Jesse-Eisenberg-Handbook---Everything-You-Need-To-Know-About-Jesse-Eisenberg-by-Ricardo-Parrish.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200206204203208209/The-Jesse-Eisenberg-Handbook---Everything-You-Need-to-Know-about-Jesse-Eisenberg-by-Ricardo-Parrish.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/4209202202200204/Looking-Backward-by-Edward-Bellamy.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1208208204204202/One-Prayer-Away-by-Kendra-Norman-Bellamy.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/3206201207200209/Cunt-Norton-by-Dodie-Bellamy.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1205204201209201/Looking-Backward-2000-1887-by-Edward-Bellamy.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/7203204205200205/Looking-Backward-2000-1887-by-Edward-Bellamy.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1201204203205208206/Ah-Heck-The-Angel-Chronicles-by-Mary-Bellamy.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1208204200208202/The-Ecological-Rift-by-John-Bellamy-Foster.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1203206205206204/The-Letters-of-Mina-Harker-by-Dodie-Bellamy.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200209202203200200/The-Gypsy-Thief-Talisman-Trilogy-1-by-Kellie-Bellamy-Tayer.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/4209205200206/Naked-Imperialism-America-s-Pursuit-of-Global-Hegemony-by-John-Bellamy-Foster.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/8200204200206208/Overnight-Sensation-by-Hal-Eisenberg.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/6207205204209200/Dino-Riddles-by-Lisa-Eisenberg.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200205206203206/The-Collected-Stories-by-Deborah-Eisenberg.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200206204202206209/Under-the-82nd-Airborne-by-Deborah-Eisenberg.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/8204206201202202/-tudes-for-Elixir-by-J-David-Eisenberg.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200205207201206/Twilight-of-the-Superheroes-by-Deborah-Eisenberg.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/8204206201207209/Etudes-for-Clojurescript-by-J-David-Eisenberg.pdf
    • http://xiixmcuin.linkpc.net/1200206204203209209/God-s-Paintbrush-by-Sandy-Eisenberg-Sasso.pdf

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