Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0cd525d18986da64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.8 KB Created: 2021-05-10 22:06:25 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 30f61efbb06428d2ec70b5adee12f64b SHA-1: c8c6bd5549cd4796f1113f795e7a9e597a177430 SHA-256: 0cd525d18986da64bc220ada40aa7e39bd11f7e926d1c29615e3cf11319544e9
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to websites that appear to be part of a link farm, designed to lure users with promises of free in-game currency and hacks. The primary link, 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/hack-coin-master-spin-game-hack', is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body and heuristics indicate a social engineering tactic to drive traffic to these potentially malicious sites, which could host further exploits or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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/406889139/hack-coin-master-spin-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/lazy-blocks-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-version-download-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-accessories-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-spins-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-game-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-capes-no-mods_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-hack-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-hack-tools_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-for-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/mcpe-master-hack-unlimited-coins-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/download-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/ways-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-games-to-play-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-gifts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-free-minecoins_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-1021_GM406889139.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
stream_003_off00004a5f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A5F 24284 bytes
SHA-256: 3429131eb9108891bea87824fc38811bf80ea0c3d96f799f206a6368bfa6da47
font_01_sfnt_off000081fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x81FA 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 63d687d2565a339edd62320ef6ccf5acbe4aebbc1e54fe1d95ecff851c8744a5