QBot — PDF malware analysis

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b46c7edb4d2ad542…

MALICIOUS

PDF

181.7 KB
MD5: 491e3a304c0bca1b9f74a2a681a4006c SHA-1: 001c0654c149c1bcb3e42bcc3ca6fde283d55539 SHA-256: b46c7edb4d2ad5425d842731ea948f05532aa7c312c035365a38e7fef8c1d5ab
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

QBot · confidence 95%

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and heuristics indicate it's an image-based lure with repeated, invisible links. One such link points to 'http://ecselbd.com/rulesupdate/LastTerms_AXJ5.zip', which likely serves as a payload delivery mechanism. The PDF structure and the nature of the embedded link strongly suggest a phishing or social engineering attack aimed at delivering malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8588

Heuristics 4

  • Invisible/repeated PDF links deliver payload file critical PDF_REPEATED_PAYLOAD_LINK_LURE
    PDF uses invisible link annotations and points to a direct payload download. Repeated invisible links or lure-like payload names such as document/unlock/verify archives match malware-delivery PDF carriers where the page is only a prompt and the real payload is fetched from the linked URL.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Trojan.QBot-9982402-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Trojan.QBot-9982402-0
  • 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 181 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 http://ecselbd.com/rulesupdate/LastTerms_AXJ5.zip