Analysis by: Raighen Sanchez
ALIASES:

PDF/Phishing.966F!tr (FORTINET)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted: No

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

Canal de infección Downloaded from the Internet, Dropped by other malware

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It does not have any propagation routine.

It does not have any backdoor routine.

It does not have any information-stealing capability.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Tamaño del archivo 307,315 bytes
Tipo de archivo PDF
Residente en memoria No
Fecha de recepción de las muestras iniciales 23 Jul 2025
Carga útil Connects to URLs/IPs, Steals information

Arrival Details

This Trojan arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Propagation

This Trojan does not have any propagation routine.

Backdoor Routine

This Trojan does not have any backdoor routine.

Rootkit Capabilities

This Trojan does not have rootkit capabilities.

Information Theft

This Trojan does not have any information-stealing capability.

Other Details

This Trojan does the following:

  • It displays the following document to lure the user into redirecting to a malicious URL:
  • Clicking the fake captcha leads to the following URL:
    • https://{BLOCKED}l.com/205hw7
  • The compressed URL will redirect to a fake login page to lure the victim into downloading a payload:
    • https://{BLOCKED}ynauie6.sbs/Khalnayak+Tamil+Movie+Full+Movie+Download.zip

  • After clicking the "submit" button in the fake login page, it redirects the user into downloading a payload using the following URL:
    • https://{BLOCKED}load.space/setup.exe

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

It does not exploit any vulnerability.

  SOLUTION

Motor de exploración mínimo 9.800
Primer archivo de patrones de VSAPI 20.360.02
Primera fecha de publicación de patrones de VSAPI 29 Jul 2025
Versión de patrones OPR de VSAPI 20.361.00
Fecha de publicación de patrones OPR de VSAPI 30 Jul 2025

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as Trojan.PDF.PHISH.FU. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check the following Trend Micro Support pages for more information:


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