Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2d358a55e5e4a15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.6 KB Created: 2020-11-25 03:07:50 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 28bd01465543fefbb6579faa87f36113 SHA-1: fc7c654b61a6c60e91b99e27bb448f6aec83a21c SHA-256: a2d358a55e5e4a1547663b3912df932d656df9ed386285c2638b088c9f2c29d0
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file is identified as malicious due to its structure, which resembles a screenshot lure designed to trick users into clicking a link. The embedded URL, https://traffmen.ru/aws?utm_term=project+cars+2+review+game+informer, is flagged as a known malicious redirector, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7791

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 41 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://traffmen.ru/aws?utm_term=project+cars+2+review+game+informer
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