Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d7e5e5d5aa452fa8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.7 KB Created: 2019-05-03 05:03:48 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 3ca2646a4d5ebba161d271265a80b994 SHA-1: 345260cc8be110ebd75fde5b42e42311a1d5113e SHA-256: d7e5e5d5aa452fa8ad6cac016134225c790e96eefce528b804d63a70f5181c4e
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to external PDF files, a technique often used for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the embedded URLs are clearly visible and are the primary indicators of malicious intent. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

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://cefasfese.4pu.com/2734737738738/Silently-and-Very-Fast-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730731734730734/Palimpsest-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3736736737730731/Palimpsest-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3731734733738731/Deathless-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4739735732734732/Radiance-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4735739735735732/Mouse-Koan-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2739732730731739/Six-Gun-Snow-White-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3734734735739739/Speak-Easy-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3734733732737735/Myths-of-Origin-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3735732735734732/What-the-Dragon-Said-A-Love-Story-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2737734730738736/The-Glass-Town-Game-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5730733730737733/The-Fairyland-Series-Books-1-3-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4737734731734731/In-the-Night-Garden-Orphan-s-Tales-1-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2736731730734/In-the-Night-Garden-The-Orphan-s-Tales-1-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9739732734730735/Smoky-and-the-Feast-of-Mabon-A-Magical-Child-Story-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730734730732/The-Girl-Who-Fell-Beneath-Fairyland-and-Led-the-Revels-There-Fairyland-2-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2738735733734735/The-Girl-Who-Circumnavigated-Fairyland-in-a-Ship-of-Her-Own-Making-Fairyland-1-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3733732733731738/The-Girl-Who-Fell-Beneath-Fairyland-and-Led-the-Revels-There-Fairyland-2-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3739739736736732/The-Girl-Who-Fell-Beneath-Fairyland-and-Led-the-Revels-There-Fairyland-2-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2739736733/The-Girl-Who-Raced-Fairyland-All-the-Way-Home-Fairyland-5-by-Catherynne-M-Valente.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5730733730737733/The-Fair