Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa01c86002b18f84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-09-24 07:15:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 5913c68fd0a30e553b8985d3728c5fc1 SHA-1: f9d247cad548c366f7f66dba491aff1a1ec7ade5 SHA-256: fa01c86002b18f84060a75c7dbfb0c5a7226b6b9043d1d7b29d876783ccab176
114 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF is identified as an image-only lure, typical of phishing attacks, designed to trick users into clicking an embedded link. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded URLs lead to other PDF files, suggesting a multi-stage download or redirection process.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7874

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://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rvv1k3u7rab7angg15po85thu4/rafet.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://depcip.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pugofisunitexigefubafeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=where+is+costa+rica+located+geographicallyPDF link annotation