Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffbcce9f60c434c9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.6 KB Created: 2019-05-02 06:02:39 +01:00 Authoring application: mPDF 5.7
MD5: c9a2527129480518cc685aab64cd291f SHA-1: 044ec9beaf381f9fdc185a22b5a68fad8685fc0c SHA-256: ffbcce9f60c434c9cb9fe71a47342ec249b390fee997c3588e4d8f085700bf09
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded links pointing to external PDF documents. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a mass external link farm, with a dominant host of 'cefasfese.4pu.com'. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the embedded URLs are clearly visible and are the primary indicators of malicious intent, likely serving as a lure to download further malicious content or engage in SEO-based spam.

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://cefasfese.4pu.com/2739736732731736/Whack-A-Mole-John-Ceepak-Mystery-3-by-Chris-Grabenstein.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2738737734735735/Mad-Mouse-John-Ceepak-Mystery-2-by-Chris-Grabenstein.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2736738735731/Tilt-a-Whirl-John-Ceepak-Mystery-1-by-Chris-Grabenstein.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1731734739732738/Hell-Hole-John-Ceepak-Mystery-4-by-Chris-Grabenstein.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4735738739738735/Riley-Mack-and-the-Other-Known-Troublemakers-by-Chris-Grabenstein.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1730739737738733734/Escape-from-Mr-Lemoncello-s-Library-by-Chris-Grabenstein.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2734735736/Mr-Lemoncello-s-Library-Olympics-Mr-Lemoncello-s-Library-2-by-Chris-Grabenstein.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1733730737738/Escape-from-Mr-Lemoncello-s-Library-Mr-Lemoncello-s-Library-1-by-Chris-Grabenstein.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9732732730732730/It-s-All-Greek-to-Me-A-Tale-of-a-Mad-Dog-and-an-Englishman-Ruins-Retsina--and-Real-Greeks-by-John-Mole.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2737735730730734/The-Lost-Diaries-of-Adrian-Mole-1999-2001-Adrian-Mole-7-by-Sue-Townsend.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2734734731739734/Night-Noises-And-Other-Mole-And-Troll-Stories-Mole-and-Troll-3-by-Tony-Johnston.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4738737737735730/Out-of-Whack-by-Susan-X-Meagher.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4730731730730/Adrian-Mole-and-the-Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction-Adrian-Mole-6-by-Sue-Townsend.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/3735734738736/The-Secret-Diary-of-Adrian-Mole-Aged-13-3-4-Adrian-Mole-1-by-Sue-Townsend.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/4738736735733/Adrian-Mole-The-Cappuccino-Years-Adrian-Mole-5-by-Sue-Townsend.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2739737734731732/Adrian-Mole-From-Minor-to-Major-Adrian-Mole-1-3-by-Sue-Townsend.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/2737734738730732/Adrian-Mole-The-Cappuccino-Years-Adrian-Mole-5-by-Sue-Townsend.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/1738736734737734/The-Adrian-Mole-Diaries-Adrian-Mole-1-2-by-Sue-Townsend.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6737738738732731/Eliminating-the-Middleman-Maria-Hart-Mystery-2-by-Chris-Forman.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/6734734731736738/JOHN-BONHAM-Batteur-du-tonnerre-by-Chris-Welch.pdf
    • http://cefasfese.4pu.com/9732732730732730/It-s-All-Greek-to-Me-A-Tale-of-a-Mad-Dog-and-an-Englishman-Ruins-Retsina--and-Real-G