Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03e51c0867d03c84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.7 KB Created: 2021-05-15 04:02:06 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: a276d5c25803be20d10de6326ce972ee SHA-1: e12d0d64a7bab2131b5f5bf7824d776042db1b0d SHA-256: 03e51c0867d03c846441388c1cfae399401d38741c814ed0b4e01d0bc7bb239f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised with lures like 'free generator' and 'game hack'. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to 'Free Robux' and a URL that aligns with the malicious redirector findings. The presence of these links and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8948

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector critical PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE
    PDF's clickable action targets a redirector of the form /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack — the landing-page shape of a large SEO 'free spins / generator / game hack' lure family that funnels victims through rotating disposable hosts to a malware/scam payload. The multi-link variants also trip ML/link-farm rules; this catches the single-link variants that otherwise score clean. CRITICAL on its own: the /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack path shape is unambiguous scam infra, and the host rotates so a host-list match can't be relied on.
  • PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure critical PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable URI to redirector infrastructure used by a known malicious PDF SEO/adware delivery campaign. These documents typically rely on user interaction and redirect chains rather than a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-sites-that-work-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-hacks-xbox_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-daily-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-land-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-ios-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-a_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-card-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-make-your-own-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-old-roblox-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-deals_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coinmasterfreespins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-i-play-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-game-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ashkarco.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-use-redstone_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000049c9.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x49C9 27576 bytes
SHA-256: 89bd0ff633536c368543448807e5beb0865d254ac51193edb0ca36f47c9b375a
font_01_sfnt_off000087ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x87FF 2852 bytes
SHA-256: e9630f3bb738ae3bc329a423cf069c8035d70ce2227e3557c42815f85ad3284f
font_02_sfnt_off000091c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x91C0 19000 bytes
SHA-256: c0bc6bb0706fab35ff455fc4816471a1ab7f6ae4486f691ef98043b3efa3f18d