Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0859fda1ef7ccd5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB Created: 2021-05-13 18:53:11 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: c6873b63ac2c372496c256c38a134f1c SHA-1: da96a83cd33a5e977c1ba5f5a25a2a65a9545514 SHA-256: 0859fda1ef7ccd5ba9991edaf05951bcfa2bfb8a8f2d21c5177d02c009f72093
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of external links, many of which are structured as SEO-optimized PDF links, suggesting a link farm. The presence of a fake CAPTCHA heuristic indicates a social engineering attempt to trick the user into interacting with the document. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristics strongly suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious or scam-related websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/roblox-avatar-com-game-hack
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/best-way-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/websites-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/coin-master-hack-blog_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/games-for-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/coin-master-hack-tool-access-online-generator_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/toolbox-for-minecraft-pe-mod-apk_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/spin-hack-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-generator-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/free-spins-coin-master-ios-2021_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/offers-to-complete-and-get-free-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/how-to-earn-free-stars-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/free-robux-no-verification-needed_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/free-robux-on-phone_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/robux-only_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/how-to-make-a-free-server-in-minecraft-java_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/hack-xp-net-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-today-gift-reward_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/free-robux-games-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://skwolcott.com/images/free-spins-coin-master-october-17-2021_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004934.bin
869c11d94a036b608efc87aeec954e484cdcec6c528f08f3aed3b74102de5bc3
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4934 26644 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000861f.bin
0bfbb41744fd3891f32c18381ea8358331ecc6352836a5a8663314898f67b625
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x861F 18492 bytes