Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6289778097ecca7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

17.2 KB Created: 2019-04-30 04:50:14 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: 6fc480f4d597241e4d50a0a6b92b54db SHA-1: 9c0418f8ef7213e20d03eb1d9908d0cfd438a1a2 SHA-256: f6289778097ecca7b43b10635c44ea528adf1a361746a5f033d0711e637ddb7f
60 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 Command and Scripting Interpreter: PowerShell

The PDF contains a large number of embedded URLs, identified as a PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM heuristic. While most of these URLs appear benign, the sheer volume and the nature of the heuristic suggest a potential for malicious redirection or SEO abuse. No scripts were extracted, limiting further analysis of the file's direct actions. The primary attack vector appears to be the manipulation of external links within the document.

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/4090098097096096/Reality-Bites-A-not-so-innocent-love-story-by-Anurag-Anand.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2090095092094096/Freedomnomics-Why-the-Free-Market-Works-and-Other-Half-baked-Theories-Don-t-by-John-R-Lott-Jr-.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3097093091094094/Logan-s-Chef-Notes-amp-Half-Baked-Tales-Cooking-Dreams-by-Logan-Guleff.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/9096095097093/Love-Me-While-I-m-Gone-Half-of-Me-2-by-Diana-T-Scott.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1091095090099091/The-Other-Half-of-Life-A-Novel-Based-on-the-True-Story-of-the-MS-St-Louis-by-Kim-Ablon-Whitney.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3095093096095098/Unexpected-Love-Story-Love-Story-2-by-Natasha-Madison.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/3093096097099090/Nine-and-a-Half-Weeks-A-Memoir-of-a-Love-Affair-by-Elizabeth-McNeill.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2091095098092090/Nine-and-a-Half-Weeks-A-Memoir-of-a-Love-Affair-by-Elizabeth-McNeill.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/6091099090095090/Half-and-Half-Writers-on-Growing-Up-Biracial-Bicultural-by-Claudine-O-39-Hearn.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1099097093091099/The-Prophecy-of-Trivine-by-Tnahsin-Garg.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2092096094093098/Half-Heaven-Half-Heartache-Discovering-the-Transformative-Potential-in-Women-s-Popular-Fiction-by-Linda-Hilton.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4094097092099098/Half-Bloods-Rising-Half-Elf-Chronicles-1-by-J-T-Williams.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/1094098092094094/Half-Wild-The-Half-Bad-Trilogy-2-by-Sally-Green.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8096090099091/Half-Lost-The-Half-Bad-Trilogy-3-by-Sally-Green.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8091098094097/Half-Wild-The-Half-Bad-Trilogy-2-by-Sally-Green.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4093093/Half-Wild-The-Half-Bad-Trilogy-2-by-Sally-Green.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2091094091/Half-Truths-The-Half-Bad-Trilogy-0-6-by-Sally-Green.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8094093098096094/Elements-of-Distributed-Computing-by-Vijay-K-Garg.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/4090098097094099/I-m-not-twenty-four-I-ve-been-nineteen-for-five-years-by-Sachin-Garg.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/8093098099094094/Review-of-Pathology-and-Genetics-by-Gobind-Rai-Garg.pdf
    • http://loaminoo.linkpc.net/2091095098092090/Nine-and-a-H