Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 43e558cbee11075e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.5 KB Created: 2021-08-21 06:04:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: eaecec61c2209747c50ef61f83b9a97c SHA-1: 38100beeb95afa730776822fb6f7bf6b047c43f1 SHA-256: 43e558cbee11075e3c25eb9d23f289271d4fdb4b0cb29c48b90ed9c520092a32
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only document with an action trigger, a common technique for phishing lures. The embedded URL, although marked as benign, is part of the lure mechanism. ClamAV and ML classifiers also flagged this PDF as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6666

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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=gi+sheet+weight+per+square+meter+in+kg PDF link annotation