Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b1e18b56dd2270f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

174.3 KB Created: 2017-11-14 13:34:56 +02:00 Authoring application: Microsoft® Word 2016
MD5: 42ca947d549245e6c76a691650d2c919 SHA-1: cbc90a79476e2280d048dc22a59710f3ae6e792c SHA-256: 6b1e18b56dd2270fe9c14492defc8843ba9d8f4b2fe5703842912ca29f481153
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is detected as a malicious dropper by ClamAV. It employs an image-only lure, a common tactic to obscure clickable elements that redirect to external URLs. The primary external URL identified, https://lefebreymesa.com/english/secured/document/DOCsignsecured/DOCsignsecured/dsign/, is flagged as suspicious and is likely the next stage in the attack chain, potentially leading to credential theft or further malware deployment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0464

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7269626-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Dropper.Agent-7269626-0
  • 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 174 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://lefebreymesa.com/english/secured/document/DOCsignsecured/DOCsignsecured/dsign/
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/