Pdf.Trojan.Remcos-9984641-0 — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4817f198a8492e26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.8 KB
MD5: fa29a3514315daa300a2f51effed36b7 SHA-1: 47c0d4c0a7d96947fa81c35e3ac0aa4b268a830c SHA-256: 4817f198a8492e267eff9f76767abfbbef2631667d4dc6a334d7499405f9ce6c
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

Pdf.Trojan.Remcos-9984641-0 · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was identified as a lure, containing an image designed to trick users into clicking an embedded link. The ClamAV detection confirms it is a known Trojan, specifically Remcos. The embedded URL is the primary indicator of where the next stage of the attack would originate.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0024

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Trojan.Remcos-9984641-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Trojan.Remcos-9984641-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 2 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 62 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://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/