Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 456b2bce0fa3f63a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

867.8 KB Created: 2021-08-02 16:36:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: ef81bbffd5ae04ba930577ba0cc02017 SHA-1: 3831f892dcb84bc86986ff8009a03c4d35afb65f SHA-256: 456b2bce0fa3f63a4856365ea44481d787fb10977d54292da1fe4d30f9e0ea79
64 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV with a specific signature indicating it is a phishing trojan. It contains an embedded URI that points to a URL seemingly offering a download for popular media, which is a common lure for phishing attacks. The PDF structure and the presence of an external URI suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0066

Heuristics 3

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=shawn+mendes+wonder+album+download+deviantart PDF link annotation