Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 05fcd426c7390b21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 08:50:25 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 7a7afab5a50895538a52cc01c15701ab SHA-1: 609180d0c279e4893b672c36d31b2aa238a0058e SHA-256: 05fcd426c7390b21f96816fc9210404446f2602bf667b2ea466e93dc5dad7cdc
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to websites promising game hacks and free currency, indicative of a phishing or scam lure. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' suggests a large number of outbound links, likely for SEO manipulation or to distribute malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the lures and the ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, potentially involving exploitation or redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • 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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/youtube-how-to-get-free-robux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/roblox-source_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/free-roblox-without-downloading-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/show-me-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/roblox-april-fools-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/how-to-coin-master-spin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/what-is-a-minecraft-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/roblox-rs16-5-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/roblox-money-hack-lumber-tycoon-2_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/free-coins-and-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/roblox-membership-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/diary-of-a-roblox-hacker_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/free-coin-master-spins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/free-robux-obby-made-by-stickmasterluke_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/how-to-hack-into-roblox-groups_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/roblox-free-script-executors_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/coin-master-daily-gift-free-spins-and-coins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/free-cracked-minecraft-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hiddencanyonbejiguwang.com/assets/CKImages/files/without-tiktok-free-view-iphone-11_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00003374.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3374 22532 bytes
SHA-256: d0c3b4ac0e646bc92ceb03fae3c7636ddcedfc1549d3bcebc28793534671af47
font_01_sfnt_off000065b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x65B0 19144 bytes
SHA-256: d5dc46d66495a28e13f0948931c4fe5cc77d6e5ab0084fce9cb8e9a7871dae1a