Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f20c1aac61fdcaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.4 KB Created: 2021-05-17 05:50:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9864f80d5b44af16c7cd53e42c352581 SHA-1: e67678fb252abda3d4b112f05a2802e50e262963 SHA-256: 0f20c1aac61fdcaff906b472bb63ea0157c3fa1bc63bdf6798f4f7274b0f25f0
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, identified as a link farm, likely intended to redirect users to malicious websites. The document body, though partially corrupted, suggests a lure related to "free username changes" and "game hacks," aligning with common phishing and malware distribution tactics. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to exploit user interest in online games.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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/how-to-change-roblox-username-for-free-2021-game-hack
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-hack-but-no-surveys_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/coin-master-hack-to-get-free-spins_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/code-free-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master-facebook_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-cheat_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/coin-master-free-400-spin-link_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/master-free-spin_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/coin-master-hack-game-download-ios_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/roblox-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/free-coin-master-hack-no-verification_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/how-to-get-minecraft-java-free_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/coin-master-hack-unlimited-spins-apk_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/how-to-get-free-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/free-robux-sites-that-work_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/free-robux-codes-2021-not-used_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/minecraft-hacks-list_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/minecraft-windows-10-free-trial_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://goosesscuba.com/images/coin-master-free-soins_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004a43.bin
9bd8d0c36b5011886f09050f9cb1468a8f41ba3397f2fa0fec8f0a663128076d
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A43 25900 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008715.bin
bf7704042115058311276e91f581871491bc3524547d766b0e7085d334bb6686
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8715 19644 bytes