Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a6de9433a18b7000…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2020-12-01 18:20:07 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9a406021f9c125903633a799a4c51512 SHA-1: e5975cac7b33b8a201d6c978fb49788e17034963 SHA-256: a6de9433a18b700085ef148a95500b289c5d10d83e112492bb259ab75ba9bffb
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a single image and minimal text, typical of a screenshot designed to hide a clickable link. The embedded URL, https://trafffi.ru/aws?utm_term=edgar+allan+poe+worksheet+pdf, is the primary indicator of compromise and likely leads to a malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6975

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://trafffi.ru/aws?utm_term=edgar+allan+poe+worksheet+pdf