Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99d309dd6280ccdd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.6 KB Created: 2020-11-18 10:33:35 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: c8594936a6e00f22caaaa73cc0ec6e7c SHA-1: 666dfcac32cba8d6b37751dcc26d9d43c50ff46f SHA-256: 99d309dd6280ccddfad37e4c596c963cbd9eb2c169a2482b84657be7764ad42a
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-heavy nature and embedded clickable link. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URL likely serves as the initial point of contact for a phishing campaign or to download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6121

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 50 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://trafftec.ru/aws?utm_term=employee+performance+gap+analysis+template