Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4507d14e9cb0c33b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-05-28 18:50:44 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-13
MD5: eb1e015f404385b1ae9ebe86bb558a98 SHA-1: 89323a1cdb9a0c04cbf11cc4f269faa8f2bcd756 SHA-256: 4507d14e9cb0c33baef7a8313a5be2de19d97a9eef5695134609ee1b5a34e5e7
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. It contains a clickable link that utilizes a URL shortener, which is a high-risk indicator. The PDF structure and the presence of a URL shortener suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious destination, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0253

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 83 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://yesledy.page.link/ZYZX 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_off00013b53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B53 12396 bytes
SHA-256: 9651c78dad64c31681e27aaf77368dfa0aab65a72df78104afb2fc8edab34c59