Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25a718dbef3c8af3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2021-01-16 15:29:09 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 1e76922450c794a63bd68e2e48e793d0 SHA-1: f81659fb1376d2dada72c173b151260a41ba884b SHA-256: 25a718dbef3c8af3b683033eff733d73ccdbbea22b4efb173ba6c30563a069a4
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and a clickable link disguised as content. The embedded URL leads to a redirector, suggesting it's part of a phishing campaign. While no scripts were directly extracted, the ClamAV detection and ML classification indicate malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7179

Heuristics 5

  • 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 lure linking to an SEO redirector (free-download phishing) high PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF embeds an image with little or no body text and a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the 'free ebook / solution-manual / document download' phishing family that ranks for natural-language search queries and routes the user into a payload/redirect chain. The PDF carries no exploit; the risk is the linked destination. Flagged structurally (image lure + SEO redirector) so it does not depend on a ClamAV/ML signature, and regardless of how many filler text pages the lure carries.
  • 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://traffnew.ru/aws?utm_term=minecraft+herobrine%2527+s+mansion+map++1.+8 PDF link annotation

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