Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2354e8098948c1db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2021-01-05 03:13:24 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 858bd8d7fd7e7a3210fa333be2474469 SHA-1: 6ade1ce2d0f394496708ba245cd6a38dbff92b88 SHA-256: 2354e8098948c1db4577b9516a76048972b3c495a4e11cc917111de706b49c34
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It employs a common phishing tactic by presenting a full-page screenshot as a lure, with an embedded clickable link to 'https://trafficel.ru/aws?utm_term=grapher+10+software+free'. This suggests the document is intended to deceive users into visiting a malicious site, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7658

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://trafficel.ru/aws?utm_term=grapher+10+software+free