Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d78b5a278942dd7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.4 KB Created: 2020-12-27 17:41:06 +02:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 5702e9780a64fbb93c051b97df8fdec4 SHA-1: f925f1a53b1fba928d242922a2cf8abf8ea4f0f1 SHA-256: d78b5a278942dd7e66812d6978478e714b130681282c5f34a716b8b271e3f1d6
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as an image-only document designed as a lure, containing a clickable link to an external URL. This indicates a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely delivered via spearphishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5579

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 41 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://trafffi.ru/aws?utm_term=cascaded+h+bridge+multilevel+inverter+pdf