Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1db9671f67255d16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

16.0 KB Created: 2020-11-04 17:31:38 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 36110af81c5d8b2b82747a62d8c709ea SHA-1: 4f10daa25f4f90bf472ac829c7ca1ee0b5147525 SHA-256: 1db9671f67255d16ec9197feae0ed7a99d433fc3e9fe01e6f6a710317bd1f4fb
112 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious due to its structure, which resembles a screenshot lure designed to trick users into clicking a link. The embedded URL, https://cctraff.ru/123?keyword=trombone+parts+chart, is flagged as a malicious redirector. The file's metadata indicates it was generated by wkhtmltopdf, a tool often used to create such lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 3

  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 16 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://cctraff.ru/123?keyword=trombone+parts+chart