Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7942f498f7cc995d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

213.0 KB Created: 2021-06-16 21:30:05 +03:00 Authoring application: Mrs. Ms. Miss Cheryl Fernandez (via Justin Montgomery) First seen: 2021-06-20
MD5: 9967368dd9fbe17a81046f83f8e9ed0b SHA-1: 75ef0b74fb0303ad63f4268c8b960d2d37a046d9 SHA-256: 7942f498f7cc995d32f76f12c2292c5c406858198b14f4969c968d82173d3db7
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is detected as malicious by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including a full-page image with a clickable action. The embedded URL `http://schw.volpics.com` is a primary indicator of compromise. The heuristic `PDF_IMAGE_LURE` suggests the document is designed to trick users into interacting with a hidden link.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4178

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Malware.Agent-9873091-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Malware.Agent-9873091-0
  • 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 212 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 http://schw.volpics.com PDF link annotation