Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b199a96dc6aabb43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.5 KB Created: 2021-03-21 06:01:23 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: d30863898adfbd23a4411ef2ef36d7ac SHA-1: 14f22d32c96ca5d74b9fd46d34e12faaba105f67 SHA-256: b199a96dc6aabb431bf5fb8f5fa7cba2e68aa5f2c98aa291af69cac011b9d295
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was identified as malicious by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, using an image to obscure a clickable link. The embedded URL, https://jottigo.ru/award?keyword=the+new+encyclopedia+of+modern+bodybuilding+pdf+free, likely leads to a malicious site or download. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.1287

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 54 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://jottigo.ru/award?keyword=the+new+encyclopedia+of+modern+bodybuilding+pdf+free