Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed77ae1bb307eeeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

23.6 KB Created: 2019-06-04 11:29:17 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 702d0d43a815b2e2029a65ee24c045f2 SHA-1: de4680a72be0b9f7a018decd68148ff6286a3bb7 SHA-256: ed77ae1bb307eeeb6fba61e35f03ad5065927e7583c3f6e27f7d902b3fc4c2a7
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 heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates that the PDF is designed to host numerous external links, likely for SEO manipulation or to distribute malicious content disguised as legitimate documents. While the extracted URLs themselves are marked as benign, the sheer volume and the heuristic firing suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content. 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/6731732737739734/Coastal-Birds-A-Guide-To-Birds-Of-Maine-s-Beautiful-Coastline-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731732738730730/New-England-Regional-Atlas-amp-Gazetteer-s-Connecticut-Rhode-Island-Massachusetts-Maine-New-Hampshire-and-Vermont-Atlases-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731732737739737/Delorme-Connecticut-and-Rhode-Island-Atlas-amp-Gazetteer-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731732737733737/Delorme-California-Atlas-amp-Gazetteer-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3736737735732737/Consider-the-Birds-A-Provocative-Guide-to-the-Birds-of-the-Bible-by-Debbie-Blue.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5734730730736737/Fly-High-With-Birds-The-Best-Book-Guide-On-Bird-Watching-Including-All-The-Things-You-Need-To-Know-About-Birding-Including-Bird-Watching-Scopes-The-Different-Birds-Bird-Feeders-and-Backyard-Birding-Why-Watch-Birds-And-Where-To-Find-Them-For-A-Rewardin-by-Mains.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731732739732731/Virginia-Atlas-amp-Gazetteer-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731732739732730/Nevada-Atlas-and-Gazetteer-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731732739731737/Colorado-Atlas-and-Gazetteer-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731732738734737/Alaska-Atlas-and-Gazetteer-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731733730731737/Earthmate-GPS-Street-Atlas-2004-Bundle-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4739734736733735/Birds-of-the-Tideline-Shore-Birds-of-the-Northern-Hemisphere-by-Alan-Richards.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731739730738735732/All-About-Birds-a-kids-book-about-birds-by-Nicholas-Eliott.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6731733730733732/Mid-Atlantic-Regional-Edition-Atlas-amp-Gazetteer-s-Maryland-Delaware-New-Jersey-New-York-Pennsylvania-and-West-Virginia-Atlases-by-DeLorme-Mapping-Company.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2732730737734730/Love-Birds-of-Regent-s-Park-The-Love-Birds-1-by-Ruth-J-Hartman.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6733730737730738/A-Children-s-Guide-to-Arctic-Birds-by-Mia-Pelletier.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/8732730736734736/A-Guide-to-the-Imaginary-Birds-of-the-World-by-Joseph-Nigg.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1739738737733732/The-Beginners-Guide-to-the-Birds-and-the-Bees-by-Sophie-Hart.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1733738735738737/A-Field-Guide-to-the-Birds-of-Eastern-and-Central-North-America-by-Roger-Tory-Peterson.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/8731732734731738/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-to-North-American-Birds-Western-Region-by-Miklos-D-F-Udvardy.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/5734730730736737/Fly-High-With-Birds-The-Best-Book-Guide-On-Bird-Watching-Including-All-The-Things-You-Need-