Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b09c66af93c4e279…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.6 KB Created: 2019-01-12 03:50:50 -01:00 Authoring application: ÀpùÝû+*WÁS橅Áúz~w‘÷c·Õˆ (via Á¨ mý:"…cсñƒÝ.î'ÑǜڛUY;»«ö) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: d0a945cc65dcbf9b60bc256b7b472fc7 SHA-1: c7a60e02244eea9b1614489befe7140237805f5e SHA-256: b09c66af93c4e279077098fa36e380525366413123e80db7f593c76df0fae32e
62 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was identified as an image-only lure, a common phishing technique to trick users into clicking on a hidden link. The embedded URL, https://bit.ly/3E1Xxgz, leads to a URL shortener, which is often used to obscure malicious destinations. While the URL itself was flagged as benign, the overall structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3014

Heuristics 3

  • Image-only PDF lure links through URL shortener high PDF_IMAGE_LURE_SHORTENER_LINK
    PDF is image-heavy with little real text and its clickable action points to a URL shortener. This is a high-confidence credential-phishing carrier shape: the visible page is a screenshot-like prompt while the destination is hidden behind redirect infrastructure.
  • 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 124 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://bit.ly/3E1Xxgz In PDF document text