Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db2156259d662a3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.2 KB Created: 2019-05-04 14:40:38 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 8ed870d400be6d8a1395ce6d249a648f SHA-1: 29cca1e042fe070bd4caac76e93d355b11230485 SHA-256: db2156259d662a3e6baca1521bb6e67367490b9c51658e5c756a4ac8b4002e7c
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, forming a link farm. The primary heuristic indicates this is a critical finding, suggesting the document's purpose is to direct users to a malicious collection of external resources. While the URLs themselves are currently marked as benign, the sheer volume and structure suggest a potential for hosting malicious content or facilitating SEO abuse for malicious purposes. 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://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5093092095092098/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-Propeller-Shakespeare-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5093098097090095/A-New-Variorum-Edition-of-Shakespeare-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-1895-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7099096090098099/The-Yale-Shakespeare-A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-Ed-by-W-H-Durham-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8094091097092094/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-with-related-Readings-Global-Shakespeare-Series-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090091092095097090/Life-of-Shakespeare-A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9095093090096095/The-Shakespeare-Plays-A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8092098096093095/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5097099096093095/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8093099097097096/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6094092092096094/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5097095090091093/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7092094090090091/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7096098096097098/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5095094094090099/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090094091097098095/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6096093096093090/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8096093093099097/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3095097097/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9098096093096090/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8090098097094099/A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9095093090096095/The-Shakespeare-Plays-A-Midsummer-Night-s-Dream-by-William