Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e620198e080c002…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.5 KB Created: 2021-06-03 09:52:02 +03:00 Authoring application: Robert Richardson (via Mr. Dr. Jimmy Bowman) First seen: 2021-06-13
MD5: aa9b710281361cbd220fa6f04052284c SHA-1: 58198849a3d4538d030338ca7616e378339b8c09 SHA-256: 0e620198e080c0027cccf4b4f6ff44feeab393417de7f7e34c32af54d2ace7f8
64 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is image-only, a common tactic for phishing lures, and contains a clickable link to an external URL. The heuristic firings indicate it's designed to trick users into interacting with the embedded link, likely leading to a malicious website or download. No scripts were extracted, limiting further analysis of its behavior.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4283

Heuristics 4

  • Image-only PDF carries local builder path plus remote links high PDF_IMAGE_LURE_LOCAL_FILE_AND_REMOTE_URI
    PDF is an image-only click lure that contains both remote HTTP(S) destinations and a file:/// URI exposing a local Windows/Linux builder path. That co-occurrence is not normal document linking; it matches generated clickbait/phishing carriers where the visible page is a screenshot and the clickable area sends the user to external infrastructure.
  • 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 95 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 http://19xko0x.vxiheadset.com PDF link annotation