MALICIOUS
80
Risk Score
Malware Insights
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.001 PowerShell
T1557.001 Adversary-in-the-Middle
The PDF file contains a UNC path, which is a known technique for credential theft via NTLM relay attacks. This is further supported by the 'PDF_GOTO_REMOTE' heuristic, indicating a remote action that could be used to exfiltrate credentials. The file is classified as malicious with a high risk score.
Heuristics 2
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UNC path in PDF — possible NTLM credential theft (CVE-2018-4993/CVE-2019-7089) high CVE likely CVE_2018_4993PDF contains a UNC path (\\server\share) alongside action triggers — when a vulnerable viewer resolves this path, Windows may send NTLM credentials to the remote host as the matching PDF action is processed
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Remote GoTo action high PDF_GOTO_REMOTEPDF references an external document via GoToR/GoToE whose target is a URL, UNC path, or executable
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