Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ebe8e7d2de5198c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.7 KB Created: 2019-04-30 18:12:46 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 850e720cecec46d7ab88855071fc5858 SHA-1: b66c4ea6847daa6ec4249807b2312c09e05107e6 SHA-256: ebe8e7d2de5198c949669a1a078a2cb3a6ea37ca400c1ae8b7e6a3bf182a4c91
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link: Malicious File

The PDF document contains a large number of embedded URLs pointing to Shakespeare-related PDFs hosted on a dynamic DNS domain. This indicates a likely SEO poisoning or traffic generation scheme, where users are lured to download or view these documents, potentially leading to further malicious activity. 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/5096090096099092/Hamlet-FREE-The-Tragedy-Of-Macbeth-By-William-Shakespeare-100-Formatted-Illustrated---JBS-Classics-100-Greatest-Novels-of-All-Time-Book-23-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090098099094098091/Complete-Works-of-William-Shakespeare-154-Sonnets-Romeo-and-Juliet-Othello-Hamlet-Macbeth-Antony-and-Cleopatra-The-Tempest-Julius-Caesar-King-Cressida-The-Winter-s-Tale-amp-more-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5095098094093093/Hamlet-Prince-of-Denmark-The-Plays-of-William-Shakespeare-Vol-17-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7091091095098098/Hamlet-Shakespeare-Appreciated-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5092099099092093/Hamlet-Shakespeare-Appreciated-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/7092093091091092/Shakespeare-s-Hamlet-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6090092093090092/Hamlet---The-First-Quarto-Sos-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5096097099091092/Hamlet-Prince-of-Denmark-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4098096098091/Hamlet-Prince-of-Denmark-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090094098098092091/Hamlet-Prince-of-Denmark-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090090097091094094/Hamlet-Englisch-Deutsch-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5096097096098094/Hamlet-Prince-of-Denmark-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6092091098090097/Hamlet-Prince-of-Denmark-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5097096098099095/Hamlet-The-Texts-of-1603-and-1623-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5095098092098/Hamlet-Norton-Critical-Edition-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1090094091097097098/Hamlet-Enriched-eBook-Classic-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5097094091090093/Hamlet-The-Original-Play-with-a-Modern-Translation-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/5096090097094091/Three-Tragedies-Romeo-and-Juliet-Hamlet-Macbeth-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6090093090091096/Hamlet-Reclams-Rote-Reihe---Fremdsprachentexte-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6090096098091099/-quot-Hamlet-quot-William-Shakespeare-by-William-Shakespeare.pdf