Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17910bc7a0fe10e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.7 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:17:25 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: d12af55ca4279bf2ff47a9afa314258b SHA-1: 1f31d16b80e6519eff3be6c42d21a7f5251507da SHA-256: 17910bc7a0fe10e397ba4c5d8cf6f3ccffb4c8611f34f2b223c1b8034f144d41
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links designed to appear as free generators or hacks for popular games like Roblox and Coin Master. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector infrastructure at http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/rocash-give-yourself-robux-cheat-game-hack. The document body also contains this URL and other links pointing to PDF files hosted on croydex.com, suggesting a link farm intended to drive traffic to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern indicates a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/rocash-give-yourself-robux-cheat-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-hacks-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-underfighters-2-cheat-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-free-robux-fast_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/daily-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/www-roblox-com-free-games-at-roblox-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/how-to-hack-and-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/how-to-play-minecraft-with-friends-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/free-400-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-free-cards-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-hack-october-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/free-robux-hack-no-survey-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-free-robux-website_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-1-million-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-hack-tool-v1-9-pc_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/free-online-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/free-roblox-top-battle-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/cheat-for-mac-roblox-safe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.croydex.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-e-free_GM431946152.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_off00003424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3424 22360 bytes
SHA-256: b6098555b7591573799dd5b49bb836cfafddc334bec22237851b13806acc8a1f
font_01_sfnt_off000065bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x65BB 19292 bytes
SHA-256: 2a6047ca21453c6c56f5f5ea46feb10341a70a28fe0356a5d9eab936faafd975