Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b9bf13013f7b301…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.1 KB Created: 2020-10-12 15:16:21 +03:00 Authoring application: Katherine Myers (via Juan King) First seen: 2026-05-09
MD5: fc203e41bfe9d8ba3e4e84e3fc46f3e5 SHA-1: 069ef23744f92bbe332b09c4de3d5da524ee2215 SHA-256: 0b9bf13013f7b3016b60a57a836b04cd82dcd0bb535f88ffcea1879ed9ae674b
74 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as an image-based lure, typical of phishing attacks, designed to trick users into clicking a link. The document contains two external URIs, both pointing to non-reputable hosts, which are likely intended to lead the user to a malicious site. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was truncated, limiting further analysis.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5121

Heuristics 4

  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 120 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Image-only PDF lure with a single link to a non-reputable host medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE_NONREPUTABLE_LINK
    PDF is image-heavy with little real text and its only clickable action is a single external link to a host that is not known-good. This is the canonical malspam carrier shape — a screenshot-like 'click to view' page whose sole purpose is to funnel the victim to one redirect/landing URL on a compromised or throwaway domain. Flagged suspicious rather than malicious because the link alone (no shortener / typosquat / brand path) is the only corroborator beyond the image lure.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://zodrc1y.jvq PDF link annotation
    • http://ff1il4m.sed.halfpenny.nameIn PDF document text