Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d73b96575eec17bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.8 KB Created: 2019-04-30 09:42:33 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 5262b95e0dd241825eecc15a7ff3d064 SHA-1: ee935b7edb4b5099e302408fdfaa666627461142 SHA-256: d73b96575eec17bd45a1323795d379a4fc98de0a0de9ed244236e663eb055c80
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to book titles hosted on a dynamic DNS domain. This is indicative of a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic, which can be used to distribute malicious content or improve search engine ranking for malicious sites. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a delivery mechanism for potentially harmful content.

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/7092094094/Three-Things-About-Elsie-by-Joanna-Cannon.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3094098090096090/The-Trouble-with-Goats-and-Sheep-by-Joanna-Cannon.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1094093099096095/Elsie-s-Troubled-Times-A-Life-of-Faith-Elsie-Dinsmore-6-by-Martha-Finley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1094093098093090/Elsie-s-Great-Hope-A-Life-of-Faith-Elsie-Dinsmore-8-by-Martha-Finley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1093090094099095/Elsie-s-Girlhood-The-Original-Elsie-Classics-3-by-Martha-Finley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4096096096091098/Elsie-Dinsmore-Elsie-Dinsmore-1-by-Martha-Finley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8090095095095093/The-Appalling-Political-Career-of-Luce-Cannon-The-Sad-Tale-of-How-Luce-Cannon-Overreaches-and-Is-Hoist-with-His-Own-Petard-by-J-D-Stewart.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3097092097094092/Along-the-Indigo-by-Elsie-Chapman.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6090093099099092/Barrow-Sinister-by-Elsie-Lee.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1097099098096093/Divided-Dualed-2-by-Elsie-Chapman.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3093091097095097/Mansion-of-Golden-Windows-by-Elsie-Lee.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3098095098097099/Elsie-Dinsmore-by-Martha-Finley.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2094091096093094/The-Roving-Tree-by-Elsie-Augustave.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5091099099095/Growing-Seasons-by-Elsie-Lee-Splear.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090091096098098096/A-life-in-four-countries-by-Elsie-Margaret-Kiesow.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7091094090099099/Francois-Mauriac-In-Search-of-the-Infinite-by-Elsie-Pell.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091098092090096091/Albanische-Volksm-rchen-Albanian-Studies-25-by-Robert-Elsie.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3096094096093098/Cole-s-Bite-Sutton-Brothers-5-by-Elsie-Moore.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090097098093093090/Gotthold-s-Emblems-or-Invisible-Things-Understood-by-Things-That-Are-Made-by-Christian-Scriver.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090097098093097099/Gotthold-s-Emblems-Or-Invisible-Things-Understood-by-Things-That-Are-Made-by-Christian-Scriver.pdf