Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ec50172e7107249…

MALICIOUS

PDF

18.6 KB
MD5: 4b90226351adb3849aa06b62632eaeae SHA-1: 5f35f37eea965feba711c6da19883f7e090fae9f SHA-256: 6ec50172e7107249e493bbba0c76ebd018d0c286d4c31403d6e6d6481b889223
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains a direct link to an executable or archive payload, disguised as a Wikipedia article related to payment services. This heuristic, combined with the ML classifier's high confidence, suggests a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading and executing a payload. The linked URL itself is benign, but the PDF's structure indicates a malicious intent to deliver a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9567

Heuristics 3

  • PDF link points directly to executable/archive payload critical PDF_DIRECT_PAYLOAD_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) URI whose path ends in an executable, script, shortcut, disk image, or archive extension. Documents can legitimately link to installers, so this is a high-risk delivery indicator rather than a standalone exploit fingerprint.
  • 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Payment_service_provider
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=24x7payments.com
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AlertPay
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barclaycard_ePDQ
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beenz
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bucks_Net
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CyberBucks
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DigiCash
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CyberCoin
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datacash
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ECash
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elavon
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FasterPay
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Firstgate
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Flooz
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heidelpay
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HSBC
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IKobo
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IKP
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LibertyReserve
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MagicMoney
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Microeuro
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MicroMint
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Micromoney
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MilliCent
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mondex
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moneybookers
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MPAY24
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=NetCash
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ouroboros
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pago
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PayMe
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PayPal
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PayPay
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PayPoint.net
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PaySafeCard
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PayYourRent.com
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PayXpert
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PayWord
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PeerTransfer
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peppercoin
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qunits.net
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RBS_WorldPay
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Realex
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RentPayment
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sage_Pay
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Safecharge
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secure_Trading
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SIX_Card_Solutions_GmbH
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SubScrip
    +9 more URL(s)