Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 29bd27c4808ca3aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-06-16 22:48:27 +03:00 Authoring application: Roy Ortiz (via Judy Fowler)
MD5: 63aa06c991f4849ad222a61253ce905c SHA-1: a4b9509fd758b68a6ac646c7115bbfd238c116d3 SHA-256: 29bd27c4808ca3aae762af6b8b552ba93d6564620faf3f719d357869be1c8fa8
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only interface designed to trick users into interacting with a hidden malicious link. The embedded URL, http://mhgh.asserter.com, is the primary indicator of compromise, likely serving as the destination for the phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.2023

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Malware.Agent-9873093-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Malware.Agent-9873093-0
  • 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 82 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 http://mhgh.asserter.com