Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5213802063e6fd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:04:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9abe701af8f57eba2f586d56ab170171 SHA-1: eaa896b5cb2683bb330107b1c05782fdb3137bea SHA-256: b5213802063e6fd8da8c1b63feb1034eb8d07730e97e0ad0533ebe6728900ff7
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. It contains a single external URI that, while currently flagged as benign, is part of the attack chain. The ClamAV detection further supports its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3316

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://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=stechiometria+per+la+chimica+generale+vaglio+pdf PDF link annotation