Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b70b886e675c2f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 07:57:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: ffd214da730fa551ddd451499152f798 SHA-1: 92a02228543d1d17a5a8c6f261632b61c74552ad SHA-256: 1b70b886e675c2f5d03b1efa760254deee383749983279112a866b3d72528299
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains numerous links designed to redirect users to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as generators for popular games. The heuristic firings indicate a deliberate attempt to create a link farm for SEO poisoning, directing users to potentially harmful content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest a phishing or scam-based attack pattern.

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.tw/app/406889139/free-coin-master-stuff-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/javascript-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-spin-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-accounts-2021-with-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/best-minecraft-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coins-coin-master-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-accounts-that-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-solo-hack-client_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-coin-master-game-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-online-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-links-for-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-no-verification-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-apk-download-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/best-free-minecraft-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-premium-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-discord_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/i-will-hack-you-roblox-audio_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elerning.ubkman1lampungtimur.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-link-daily_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
stream_002_off00003648.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3648 22800 bytes
SHA-256: b313fa6d510d835c1270a9097949e58c7cbc8a6477ce2589ad1f23ce728745dd
font_01_sfnt_off0000696a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x696A 18140 bytes
SHA-256: 0adbfa1a4dab6338e13ea67aa32732ad7a3b3fbafcfb99206ef3c7e6ec11ff9e