Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4d22490ae3a02b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.6 KB Created: 2019-04-30 02:38:59 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: ae00a2a07eccc1f107bfefd8b83e175f SHA-1: 5a00d5cf86c349a476048c9b9e853983ed5962e7 SHA-256: e4d22490ae3a02b254abf6c1d29bf0577bb4d62e6fcf2caa9d9db33405fc366f
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, forming a link farm. This technique is often used to distribute malicious content or to engage in SEO poisoning to drive traffic to malicious sites. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9810

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/7096096096097092/Vintage-L-A-Eats-Boutiques-Decor-Landmarks-Markets-More-by-Jennifer-Brandt-Taylor.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8096094091096094/Bill-Brandt-Brandt-Icons-by-Bill-Brandt.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1095091095094098/If-I-Could-Be-Like-Jennifer-Taylor-by-Barbara-Ehrentreu.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3093094092095099/If-I-Could-Be-Like-Jennifer-Taylor-by-Barbara-Ehrentreu.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2090091094094/Highland-Blessings-Highlands-1-by-Jennifer-Hudson-Taylor.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2097093098098093/Taylor-Lynne-The-Women-of-Merryton-2-by-Jennifer-Peel.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3097092095096097/Highland-Sanctuary-Highlands-2-by-Jennifer-Hudson-Taylor.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090095092093097097/A-Baby-of-His-Own-Harlequin-Medical-Romance-265-Bachelor-Dads-by-Jennifer-Taylor.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091092095093099/Landmarks-by-Robert-Macfarlane.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090095094094099097/Landmarks-A-Process-Reader-for-Canadian-Writers-2nd-Edition-by-Roberta-Birks.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5092099096090092/Camus-The-Stranger-Landmarks-of-World-Literature-New-STUDY-GUIDE-by-Patrick-McCarthy.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1099091090097092/New-York-Streetscapes-Tales-of-Manhattan-s-Significant-Buildings-and-Landmarks-by-Christopher-Gray.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6096098097098094/Hudson-Valley-Ruins-Forgotten-Landmarks-of-an-American-Landscape-by-Thomas-Rinaldi.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7096096096096099/The-New-Decor-by-Ralph-Rugoff.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2099094093097090/Eats-of-Eden-by-Tabitha-Blankenbiller.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2095090099093094/And-Then-the-Vulture-Eats-You-by-John-L-Parker-Jr-.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7096096097092090/Sew-No-More-Holiday-Decor-by-Leisure-Arts-Inc-.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4099093094096098/The-Devil-Eats-Here-by-Rayne-Hall.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3098092091090099/Ghost-Eats-It-All-Little-Boo-Books-by-Janee-Trasler.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7096096096096092/Scandinavian-Painted-Decor-by-Jocasta-Innes.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5092099096090092/Camus-The-Stranger-L