Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dd8a2977495077b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 08:25:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8b858acd60dc090f544e03765fef4980 SHA-1: 5ed1a5327d0a22f4eab0bc7a58949434b84e1d17 SHA-256: 0dd8a2977495077b007b9de3f0176164956b6dd0fefdb365fc90b25fc6f38ddc
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical for phishing campaigns, and contains a clickable link that directs to an external resource. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature. The embedded URL is likely used to redirect the user to a malicious site for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7833

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 35 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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 https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714c9f37e0a---91921729370.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=corporate+social+responsibility+and+good+governance+by+salvador+pdfPDF link annotation