Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1e69030a7dfc72a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.0 KB Created: 2022-05-05 01:33:36 Authoring application: Mobiles Internet Tarife Telekom drugs (via FPDF 1.82) First seen: 2022-07-15
MD5: d24b7d02a2c6fbbfc7e697fd2ee849c0 SHA-1: cfe1f0c83003da892ac7f0d2f5ab78d5d6b01b4e SHA-256: a1e69030a7dfc72ad14a76df5db37a85b2a4df25db3b3aa507391d0778a36618
62 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.002 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell

The PDF document contains multiple embedded URLs, with a critical heuristic firing indicating repeated invisible links designed to lure the user to download a payload. The primary URL identified for payload delivery is http://headlineadbasic.site/Mobiles-Internet-Tarife-Telekom/pdf/www.universityhots.com. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and heuristics strongly suggest a downloader or redirector pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0007

Heuristics 2

  • Invisible/repeated PDF links deliver payload file critical PDF_REPEATED_PAYLOAD_LINK_LURE
    PDF uses invisible link annotations and points to a direct payload download. Repeated invisible links or lure-like payload names such as document/unlock/verify archives match malware-delivery PDF carriers where the page is only a prompt and the real payload is fetched from the linked URL.
  • 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 http://headlineadbasic.site/Mobiles-Internet-Tarife-Telekom/pdf/www.universityhots.com
    • http://headlineadbasic.site/Mobiles-Internet-Tarife-Telekom/doc/www.universityhots.com
    • https://www.universityhots.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/5/judgment-and-claims-nyc-nypd.pdf
    • https://www.universityhots.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/5/cheetah-article-for-kids.pdf
    • https://www.universityhots.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/5/myntra-offer-on-airtel-payment-bank.pdf
    • https://www.universityhots.com/wp-content/uploads/formidable/5/bsnl-broadband-complaint-andhra-pradesh.pdf

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_019_off0001c807.bin
43b13684882d332187dbe2691d5e4f64c33a98e381a4dc2316374ba1b923b47c		 decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x1C807 76950 bytes

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