Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 189e0515f030f501…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.0 KB Created: 2021-06-21 19:23:56 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: bbcc95fb2dca5a13b4202e9265f91815 SHA-1: 493b5db6cc40c8e68175dcbad04e8a655708a04c SHA-256: 189e0515f030f5016aa2a98ab220c171a02517a9909183cc43fc8f163779112d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of free game currency and hacks to entice users to click on a malicious redirector URL. The document body and heuristics indicate a scam designed to lead users to potentially harmful websites. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and the nature of the lure strongly suggest a phishing or scamming attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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/free-robux-generator-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-hacked-client-18_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/robuxglobalcom_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/robux-scam_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-paying_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/instantrobux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spins-app-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-java-edition-free-trial_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-coin-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-roblox-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-may-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spins--coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-and-tix-hack-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-xray-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-robux-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-pajama-pants-free-shipping_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limebug.com/media/storage/editor/files/spins-gratis-coin-master-hoy_GM406889139.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_off00003126.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3126 22460 bytes
SHA-256: 870051f934e6fad40426b01b2dac363cb6b42dcfdb3dc692c3804dfbf8d13a2c
font_01_sfnt_off00006337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6337 19224 bytes
SHA-256: e428ca4c21c8feda58ff9d2cee9e63eb7b19a929803cf1f6eebeef0755d1c14a