Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1975a338674c6d05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.3 KB Created: 2021-05-15 22:22:59 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: d5ff5ff22f2a60bb645f65b22b345c0a SHA-1: 99f3082a3d7130bf3230e3a7af533d46b43b99b7 SHA-256: 1975a338674c6d05ff0c664dc0ec94c799f75b111f6f2e014e01966410b4b646
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which are part of a link farm designed to appear as legitimate content. The primary URL, https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/freerubux-game-hack, impersonates Microsoft and attempts to lure users with a 'freerubux' scam. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the PDF structure suggests it's designed to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/freerubux-game-hack.
  • 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/freerubux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robuxy-com-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-for-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-fan-page-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-links-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hacks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/moonactive-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/descargar-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-xp-net-generators-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-time-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-scam_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-ios-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sourcology.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-generator_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
stream_003_off00004911.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4911 24116 bytes
SHA-256: 54bf8c8c8fbf12521109cf46df9e7f95abef8e48a63b922a2c8b7ce47e26efdd
font_01_sfnt_off0000805f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x805F 17872 bytes
SHA-256: f4416bbc5f287efcbe31c7b4c704cc92a0ced0ddcdd2f5cfb5fb7d41fdf7fc1a