Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f801f4b1abbda16f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.2 KB Created: 2021-06-02 12:57:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 954e2a2dc4d78394bd1316bc6a5575af SHA-1: 2ffca56cc1acfa01f9e7d98451bda3867f392e49 SHA-256: f801f4b1abbda16f5b61c9262ff1e714606785102f9bcb385ba0961b505d97df
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier, with ClamAV specifically flagging it as a phishing trojan. The 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' heuristic indicates it's an image-based document designed to trick users into clicking an embedded link, which is confirmed by the presence of an external URI. The ML classifier's high score further supports the malicious classification. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8097

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://medvor.ru/pbw?utm_term=interview+questions+for+high+school+science+teachers