Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6d239be46aafc3ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.6 KB Created: 2020-11-14 10:09:46 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: cb02560f02961896f16193d4dc09f449 SHA-1: 4da1a13798a412c4084833c5a912d89f7aa1fd80 SHA-256: 6d239be46aafc3eee8b75f7c24dd25a82f2e540bdd8eadccae1e63a45fa7901c
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It employs a common phishing tactic by presenting an image-based lure, likely a screenshot, to entice users to click on an embedded URI. The PDF contains a single external URI pointing to 'https://traffking.ru/aws?utm_term=inspector+montalbano+sbs+tv+guide', which is highly suspicious and likely serves as the next stage for delivering a payload or conducting a phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6121

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 49 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://traffking.ru/aws?utm_term=inspector+montalbano+sbs+tv+guide