Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0dd306b3270f1e89…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.5 KB Created: 2021-05-13 16:37:11 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 518d8b00734e4d97c21f0214aa7ccaa8 SHA-1: ade0e4030d0c86ce82a1764483a3b5a087e5e901 SHA-256: 0dd306b3270f1e897fdc034b0274b12daea8eefd8404316c6cae047df5f08da3
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are presented as game hacks or generators, indicating a lure-based attack. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' suggests a large number of these links are present, and the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' model strongly flagged the file. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection to potentially malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/spins-coin-master-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/all-minecraft-handbooks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-firebird-card-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/mcpe-master-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/levvvel-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/2021-no-human-verification-hack-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-download-minecraft-windows-10-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-apk-mod_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/download-hacked-games-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-realme-products_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarrafoods.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-ftw_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coinmasterspinandcoin.comIn 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_off00004a12.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A12 25556 bytes
SHA-256: efabcedc8e9c37cbe7b5cf55e25539d2f0bff3179e7ba498eda06fba324b7af6
font_01_sfnt_off0000855b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x855B 17724 bytes
SHA-256: 0257a4de90566e409ba2bfa7d0f71a7654d133b6165eb0f1f4c82d1b29535a15