Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e96a9d74e8a0a45c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.7 KB Created: 2021-08-25 04:44:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 55e7e13a49b5af1eacd39c5aac75164f SHA-1: d92b848bc31c1d1bae07f71d7411f8d2a5c3b0fb SHA-256: e96a9d74e8a0a45c8a5d47df10ebdc54a8b48ee6ea4bfc154a70a1de81ca251e
84 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. ClamAV detection confirms it as a phishing trojan. The embedded URL, although marked as benign, is part of the lure mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.1600

Heuristics 4

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 102 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/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=every+digit+of+pi PDF link annotation