Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0741b8ec6c58d2be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.1 KB Created: 2021-05-13 23:35:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: faee15ee59950afb41a5af45424dd15f SHA-1: bc71f7283645e09b987ac742e8e343e1bbcc2b50 SHA-256: 0741b8ec6c58d2beabf161c65aa7c35a38ec557384e8be756e0edcf240c66d17
260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are designed to appear as "free generators" or "hacks" for popular games. The heuristic firings indicate that these links lead to malicious redirectors and a large number of SEO-optimized PDF links, suggesting a link farm designed to drive traffic to potentially harmful content. The document also contains a lure consistent with ClickFix attacks, instructing the user to execute commands, which could be used to bypass security measures and download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9432

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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/479516143/minecraft-net-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-earn-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-free-spin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-invite-friends-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-jailbreak-hack-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-unlimited-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-free-spin-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-robux-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-spins-and-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-hacks-on-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-without-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-apkmody_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-wheel_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacker-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-that-actually-works-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-game_GM406889139.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_off00004f24.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4F24 25868 bytes
SHA-256: bcec694f7392265e657ebabf4a8930551b5c65c97ceaadfde219900b3a2c6d73
font_01_sfnt_off000089f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x89F2 2892 bytes
SHA-256: c2578a292634a901613c1dd9f9883dd4930e6811e59ae03d696f263e56ea17b4
font_02_sfnt_off000093dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x93DC 17568 bytes
SHA-256: faeb95cc6d96c3cea1ae90d4178fb3ee4a8ce77703e61043965722cb1ebd81f6