Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1c020a83d6d231a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.8 KB Created: 2021-07-10 02:52:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d5e29a227da1b3823849f3974e24680e SHA-1: 432b1f275e84f2d16dc4d9155a913f2f13d31893 SHA-256: 1c020a83d6d231a4f000fbddb16f604e1717180a42d8b712ee27a20ba99f29f5
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on duchem.ae and appear to be part of a link farm. The primary lure is related to 'free game hacks' and 'free spins', indicating a social engineering tactic to drive traffic to these sites. The document body and heuristics confirm the presence of these lures and the link farm structure.

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/best-site-for-free-coin-master-free-spin-link-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-tool-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-scam-no-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-can-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/claim-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-tiktok-fans_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-app-download-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-xbox-one-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-card-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-draw-2-roblox-save_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-dominus-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-followers-and-likes_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-paintball-by-daxter33-level-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/codes-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/cheat-engine-roblox-windows-8_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-email-rewards-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/apps-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.duchem.ae/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-rare-cards-for-coin-master_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_off0000380f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x380F 23328 bytes
SHA-256: 3630f890f6884c9b00766704ff596d3fdd1113d96263ecf206570a9cea888409
font_01_sfnt_off00006c9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C9C 18560 bytes
SHA-256: f332c93da3b1d0e736b05d43fa5a9901ff8a8277d8602c107c430f55d99edfa1