Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5122ee1384cbd104…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.7 KB Created: 2020-11-18 01:44:52 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: c0727b60426df607a82972fe37b41efd SHA-1: 8d8f44abde499fcfe02234f2efc1cd32d0213694 SHA-256: 5122ee1384cbd104175fb8b4c2d3d43d0c509ccd2eaf09a798dc12838122be7b
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that appears to be an image-only lure, typical of phishing attacks. It contains a clickable link to an external URL, which is a common method for delivering malicious content or redirecting users to phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8097

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 34 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://trafficel.ru/aws?utm_term=ten+eyewitness+news+reporters+perth