Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 559516fcbe9b0c5e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.6 KB Created: 2020-11-25 22:36:57 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9d9d104180bffa9f68e8c556e8498a0e SHA-1: 21b59980fdfb5d43b01892a03f78b7c900bc4a25 SHA-256: 559516fcbe9b0c5eeb2e2f8f476152b95563538121811b7921dc375f1ac58512
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers. It functions as a phishing lure, presenting a screenshot of a manual to entice users to click a link. The embedded URL, https://traffmen.ru/aws?utm_term=bushnell+v3+slope+edition+manual, is flagged as a malicious redirector, indicating it leads to further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5579

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 41 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://traffmen.ru/aws?utm_term=bushnell+v3+slope+edition+manual

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