Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 19829c31ceb05120…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.8 KB Created: 2021-05-11 09:33:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 709c704a634dc97c8221dd198d477179 SHA-1: 8bfe76fe83d23e6b4da6dee7c25448a567e1d30f SHA-256: 19829c31ceb051203131c2aa9d867b19e09e80ab1783cadccad883e9a40b1e57
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains numerous links designed to lure users into clicking on 'free generator / game hack' lures, impersonating brands like iCloud. The document body and extracted URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely involving credential harvesting or the download of a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious intent to exploit user interest in free in-game currency or hacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9486

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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/free-2021-robux-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/free-2021-robux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/how-to-get-free-robux-without-downloading-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/apps-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/2021-coin-master-hack-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/coin-master-free-spins-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/get-robux-now_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/how-to-get-free-roblox-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/free-spins-on-coin-masters_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/robuxhub-net_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/wurst-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/coin-master-heaven-daily-free-spins-and-coins-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/wurst_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/coin-master-daily-free-spin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/how-to-get-free-snacks-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/coin-master-free-coins-link-2021-deutsch_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/free-minecraft-skins-xbox-one_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/coin-master-hack-apk-33-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/minecraft-clipart-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/free-unlimited-coin-master-400-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iedarelief.us/images/roblox-hack-me-robux_GM431946152.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_off00004b61.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B61 24876 bytes
SHA-256: b7a70ca23bcffa423a0a15d53bd5ed99f7a372785bbf92518357f13f5dcfe5da
font_01_sfnt_off00008516.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8516 13908 bytes
SHA-256: 55d216481ff8bfca39c9b28b17683e6e5fd8200b59f01e7938f13caee5203f19
font_02_sfnt_off0000aff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFF3 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 24dd33113ad1920a4b79572916f2875f9d05bd64d95cc44e0cd438e20c1ad4df