Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e44854d752d0639…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.3 KB Created: 2021-05-19 22:31:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: aba716dc37fc5391149dcd8a69a34986 SHA-1: 7b6b5bee61bc397323ec5386d8f471bbf720ddab SHA-256: 0e44854d752d06398779e916fe7c8588c850aff451f50d5d76f7cc0b64e54d30
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a common lure of 'game hacks' and 'free generators' to entice users into clicking malicious links. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, which in turn hosts a large number of links to other PDF documents, likely part of a link farm or SEO manipulation scheme. The document body contains obfuscated text and references to the redirector URL, reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9507

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/431946152/roblox-hack-com-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/minecraft-dungeons-download-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/free-coin-master-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/roblox-free-online-game_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/minecraft-story-mode-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/claim-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/best-free-minecraft-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/coin-master-cards-free-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/martian-lettuce-coin-master-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/how-do-you-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/free-coin-master-cards-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/coin-master-free-spins-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/minecraft-for-free-on-phone_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/coin-master-daily-free-spin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/free-coin-master-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/free-robux-no-human-verification-and-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/coin-master-free-daily-spins-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/minecraft-free-ios-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/coin-master-mod-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.exikom.com.ua/images/coin-master-spin-hack-app_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_off0000468e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x468E 26368 bytes
SHA-256: b726d44b8ffa4466b99e0e3c7897cb3d7873e7f739f465d1b73fad93cddce222
font_01_sfnt_off00008442.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8442 2888 bytes
SHA-256: dcdd98ee8e25436a83587ccb4027347dd2c3fcec95f3413942edd4086125bcca
font_02_sfnt_off00008e16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8E16 18440 bytes
SHA-256: 92e56247950081f5f8ea935637ec6d93dafa31aa334148af106ab9a8365bd2e0