Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e454299b4fee220…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 02:56:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b121beecc6e095a9c8dbf9b286a134ef SHA-1: 5b037d5b31168d6f651053e968dc5bb81c06ce4b SHA-256: 0e454299b4fee220b0248400d46a72d381d1fe5b27835634b0db0b5c825385a2
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to websites offering game hacks and cheats, such as 'free robux' and 'coin master free spin'. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of such links, suggesting a link farm designed to attract users searching for cheats. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the document's structure and content strongly suggest it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-roblox-codes-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-codes-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-nicsterv-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-hack-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacks-and-cheats-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-games-to-play-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-trading-group_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/sb-game-hacker-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/pokemon-go-free-7km-eggs-june-2021_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-pro-gamers-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-bonus_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/wahoo-gaming-co-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-character-customizer-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/daily-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-premium-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/download-coin-master-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-pe-free-apk_GM479516143.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
font_00_sfnt_off000030a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30A2 22284 bytes
SHA-256: 711d5b538257f6f86495a58086328236c6b4490324f3e5d34968151b5b51331e
font_01_sfnt_off00006240.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6240 19228 bytes
SHA-256: ed0cdc110a2a956eeb6aac9ce416b1528a5bed00449fa61b89a4125e4ac6fa5f