Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c5e1089ccd97a0c1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.0 KB Created: 2023-05-19 10:21:20 -07:00 Authoring application: iTextSharp’ 5.5.13.2 ©2000-2020 iText Group NV (AGPL-version)
MD5: 37cc38ede93ceea4cf2d46233853c7dd SHA-1: 5297393a0c7b91b028f38662289b26cf6bcacecb SHA-256: c5e1089ccd97a0c10fe296a313a5f0731bc883ac5e0d6309164ab8f0bc7652dc
70 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF employs an image-only lure, a common phishing tactic to trick users into interacting with a malicious link. The embedded URI points directly to an IP address, indicating a direct attempt to host malicious content. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8825

Heuristics 3

  • 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 44 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://80.77.23.73/lndex.php

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
icc_00_off00000058.icc
12afb4d9953adee0607d347daee5b78b18d6b3cab2d572b88970703f5edb37bc
pdf-icc-profile PDF ICC profile at offset 0x58 456 bytes