Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd03dff57b09470e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.7 KB Created: 2021-08-25 10:31:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 51ce2a59355f5fadd6c3ede6b95589fa SHA-1: 5915342ed13bee29dec5ff39d00489104b6971c9 SHA-256: bd03dff57b09470e40bb82452d61b8bdc4fd2a60ac2fc5c32e20d6c87aa6c0a4
84 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only document with a click-outward action, typical of phishing lures. ClamAV also detected it as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The embedded URL, although marked as benign, is part of the lure mechanism. The file's structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest it's intended to redirect the user to a malicious site or initiate a download.

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/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=on+assignment+meaning PDF link annotation