Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 67f080ec092b44ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.0 KB Created: 2019-07-16 07:25:38 -01:00 Authoring application: „·¼ ŽÉ¨ê0ž¤Á=üޖã’A#nFØÈ´ (via Þ,CG—2:4Xm*'Ê&<"®o¬~ف/åÏŠyD+ˆu`ˆ¿4{dR) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: a0ee40abb5ad5670d51d0dab4b4aa326 SHA-1: 44888adf05b1a3f18aeafe0d5860790d26588211 SHA-256: 67f080ec092b44ae2654b253ac1193824859c0b5eb566ff10ebc0a76a03b09fd
62 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was identified as an image-only lure, a common tactic to disguise malicious links. It contains a single shortened URL, https://bit.ly/3tsPGE6, which is likely intended to redirect the user to a malicious website. The heuristic firings strongly suggest this is a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3347

Heuristics 3

  • Image-only PDF lure links through URL shortener high PDF_IMAGE_LURE_SHORTENER_LINK
    PDF is image-heavy with little real text and its clickable action points to a URL shortener. This is a high-confidence credential-phishing carrier shape: the visible page is a screenshot-like prompt while the destination is hidden behind redirect infrastructure.
  • 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 106 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://bit.ly/3tsPGE6 In PDF document text