Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2369006673bf7da8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

59.3 KB Created: 2021-05-26 10:36:18 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 8d40893931e3b44179d6f94bdbbc8730 SHA-1: e5b116033c593210979d8452854d727adbdd10c8 SHA-256: 2369006673bf7da8a0b36662d84fffcfb1a5291fe4e04515b4bfb079196ce7f4
62 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was identified as an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. It contains a clickable link that utilizes a URL shortener, which is a high-risk indicator. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and the presence of a suspicious URL strongly suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0168

Heuristics 3

  • Image-only PDF lure links through URL shortener high PDF_IMAGE_LURE_SHORTENER_LINK
    PDF is image-heavy with little real text and its clickable action points to a URL shortener. This is a high-confidence credential-phishing carrier shape: the visible page is a screenshot-like prompt while the destination is hidden behind redirect 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 59 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://hotnewselon.page.link/uxwo In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d350.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD350 14416 bytes
SHA-256: 6f84f49a28a3f861e72a84b58446bf9e95f9dd33d1fec1b95ba782eaecaf12b5