Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c80ed60e2f1f22c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.6 KB Created: 2020-12-11 16:15:26 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: a3acba0aca610db5307bf9c0b4e8b22a SHA-1: 29587ca88597c76882ffec002579190404cdaacd SHA-256: 1c80ed60e2f1f22ce467dfdf61506720a86f916ad0a34c3d5e0dec4c69e2126b
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a single image and minimal text, suggesting a visual deception to encourage user interaction. The embedded URL likely serves as the next stage of the attack, potentially leading to credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6121

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 49 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://trafficel.ru/aws?utm_term=sensory+neurons+carry+information+to+the+brain