Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af61dcfd5eead9b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

12.7 KB Created: 2020-07-28 21:48:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 26e8c92579965e36cbc91e86b4622be1 SHA-1: f0fc8ae647bf9471b10c700b83f2fe210351f6d4 SHA-256: af61dcfd5eead9b63441692d4b1f1c406c0d2b45a47668bbeebb5a04bb1464a0
110 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file is identified as malicious due to its structure, which mimics a screenshot to lure users into clicking a link. The embedded URL, https://ttraff.ru/wb?keyword=succession%20theme%20song%20piano%20pdf, is flagged as a malicious redirector, indicating the likely intent is to lead the user to a phishing or malware distribution site. The ML classifier also strongly supports the malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 2 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 12 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://ttraff.ru/wb?keyword=succession%20theme%20song%20piano%20pdf