Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a44fddac7aaba08e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.9 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:04:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 08fe705c6a29dbf6083988ad8eb5f1bb SHA-1: 870c8e2e3b7b3e1038f89dfb7bd0901765928488 SHA-256: a44fddac7aaba08ea4d3820bb3586c2e798e885b1c13ba228b71de187cdbd959
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical of phishing campaigns. It contains a single external URI that, while currently flagged as benign, is part of the malicious structure. The ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3316

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 35 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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+turn+off+secret+conversation+on+messenger+july+2020 PDF link annotation