Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1aecad58de4ae8a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.2 KB Created: 2021-07-09 21:03:53 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e779037c3d817e00b5025d4f587edbcc SHA-1: fb30aa7f3fa9b11abf241827b73eafe72c67f96e SHA-256: 1aecad58de4ae8a981099d6c5f9d6325e8df337190654991e57c52dc8deaf6a7
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains numerous links to game hack generators and cheat tools, indicating a lure-based attack. The heuristic PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM suggests a large number of outbound links, likely for SEO manipulation or to redirect users to malicious sites. The ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS score further supports the malicious classification. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest it's designed to trick users into clicking through to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/406889139/coin-master-hack-online-cheat-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/synapse-hack-roblox-murder-mystery_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-followers-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-link-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-passwords_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hack-club_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-stuff-in-roblox-catalog-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/best-minecraft-hacked-client-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/wahoo-gaming-co-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-that-i-can-play-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-script-executor-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-login-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-jackpot-madness-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-script-running-with-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/oh-yeah-yeah-shirt-on-roblox-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/my-roblox-account-was-hacked_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-u-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.glabintl.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-lost-world-2021-com_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_off000031c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31C6 22360 bytes
SHA-256: 4eae8af0326d06a1a5dbed686466da1676d68031a1d93fb2e11a237f906d4157
font_01_sfnt_off0000632f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x632F 18244 bytes
SHA-256: 4a6d454e3ee6c1dcb03a272ca36e6340e030a828ec80bd2668db4bff24f8dce7