Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10f54aca0d0a9083…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.1 KB Created: 2021-05-16 09:54:33 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 8c4ac6373bc557a39b0e7aad57c08312 SHA-1: 68e6c305a3e501c1b68b90fdd52c345b00be9565 SHA-256: 10f54aca0d0a908324029dc204b6b9c9f9d8e6ac8f46e2645d8766ff8bb4b64f
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links designed to lure users into clicking on game hack generators and free currency sites. The heuristic 'PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE' and the presence of many external URLs indicate a phishing or scamming attempt. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains keywords related to game hacks and free currency, reinforcing the lure. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9013

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/coin-master-free-coins-link-2021-deutsch-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/how-do-you-get-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/where-can-i-get-free-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/show-me-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/free-robux-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/unlimited-spin-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/free-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/how-do-you-get-free-roblox-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/100-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/hackear-juego-coin-master-espaol_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/coin-master-free-spins-moonactive_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/free-robux-for-kids_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/coin-master-pet-food-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/robux-fun-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/robuxy-com-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/free-spins-coin-master-links-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/coin-master-hack-game-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/minecraft-free-download-android-apk-014-0_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.astrospace.com.tw/upload/files/how-to-get-free-minecoins-in-minecraft_GM479516143.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_off00004a39.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A39 25484 bytes
SHA-256: 6b8b05dbde6e6e9b98d93eed3f90eff1afe47bc7269cb168337de09215ff569e
font_01_sfnt_off000083e3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x83E3 8676 bytes
SHA-256: e06aca5f85e50ae6cefda302c5299c18ab6d27c174f74f0bb0ee8efa7ccb4468
font_02_sfnt_off0000986e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x986E 18756 bytes
SHA-256: cee569ad26c6995f0462545108d280bf76b2c9dfe620e2643f0a7a8ec4db527a