Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d62922de60dff2ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

23.1 KB Created: 2020-02-05 10:04:54 +00:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 80e6d1de5dbb159598b87b548964fe48 SHA-1: 0c50e2516b7e7d30a5fee07b0600fb016cbfa24f SHA-256: d62922de60dff2ba94b74a9036deb46194f66b2d2072d352fbc34c39f70f02b1
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 pointing to external PDF documents, a technique often used for SEO manipulation or to distribute malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a mass external link farm. No scripts were extracted from this sample, and the document body was heavily obfuscated, limiting further analysis of the specific lure. The primary IOC is the dominant domain hosting these links.

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://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/8555555558550552/Design-Form-and-Chaos-by-Paul-Rand.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/5555558556554550/Typographic-Design-Form-and-Communication-by-Rob-Carter.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/7550550556555554/Paul-Rand-Modernist-Designer-by-Franc-Nunoo-Quarcoo.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/4555555556552554/Government-Bullies-How-Everyday-Americans-Are-Being-Arrested-Abused-and-Terrorized-By-the-Feds-by-Rand-Paul.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/9559555553556/For-the-New-Intellectual-The-Philosophy-of-Ayn-Rand-by-Ayn-Rand.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/2553551552553550/Jews-and-American-Comics-An-Illustrated-History-of-an-American-Art-Form-by-Paul-M-Buhle.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/4552554551552/Universal-Principles-of-Design-100-Ways-to-Enhance-Usability-Influence-Perception-Increase-Appeal-Make-Better-Design-Decisions-and-Teach-Through-Design-by-William-Lidwell.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/9558551556558558/Rand-McNally-streets-amp-highways-of-Chicagoland-by-Rand-McNally-and-Company.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/9559554555554554/Camp-Half-Blood---Gods-Aeolus-Aigaios-Apollo-Ares-Ares-War-Chariot-Artemis-Asclepius-Big-Three-Boreas-Chaos-Charon-Council-of-Cloven-Elders-Deimos-Delphin-Demeter-Dionysus-Divine-Form-Erebos-Eurus-Fates-Ganymede-Hades-Hebe-by-Source-Wikia.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/8555555557558552/Poetic-Meter-and-Poetic-Form-by-Paul-Fussell.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/2551552559558551/Design-Flaws-of-the-Human-Condition-by-Paul-Schmidtberger.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/8555555552557558/Earth-Sheltering-The-Form-of-Energy-and-the-Energy-of-Form-by-E-Frenette.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3558557550551554/Chaos-Unleashed-Chaos-Rises-2-by-Pippa-DaCosta.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3558557556557556/Chaos-Falls-Chaos-Rises-3-by-Pippa-DaCosta.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/3552558556552558/Edge-of-Chaos-Sons-of-Chaos-MC-1-by-Brynn-O-39-Connor.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/4558553556559555/Among-the-Chaos-Soldiers-of-Chaos-MC-Series-2-by-A-A-Askevold.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/1550550556558558559/Latest-Web-Design-Trends-The-Road-To-Good-Website-Design-by-Costin-Gaman.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/7552557554552555/Fingerprint-The-Art-of-Using-Hand-Made-Elements-in-Graphic-Design-by-Chen-Design-Associates.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/5555558558558558/The-Art-of-Jewelry-Design-Principles-of-Design-Rings-amp-Earrings-by-Maurice-P-Galli.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/5554558550556554/Design-for-Inclusivity-A-Practical-Guide-to-Accessible-Innovative-and-User-Centred-Design-by-Roger-Coleman.pdf
    • http://ieuicufioao.myhome.cx/455255455