Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1db02db8ed7cb644…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.3 KB Created: 2021-05-15 03:32:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a332620ed00c82c1c00e7b978f1e3bee SHA-1: 36704f7f0c6dd665bd8e6bfb5cd6df53eea1b68b SHA-256: 1db02db8ed7cb6448372b197eec4e42b047f77a700805b7b011a522ad82d98ea
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a lure of free game currency and hacks to trick users into clicking malicious links. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, which in turn serves further malicious PDF files hosted on urbanposthotel.com. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the combination of redirector links and lure content supports a high confidence assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/robux-com-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-lost-world-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-cheats_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rbx-website_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-attacks-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/best-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-32-android-mod-hack-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coins-fbid-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verifying_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bux-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hacked-version-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-piano-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-here_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-new-link-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hacks-master-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-claim-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-android-root_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-free-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-there-any-way-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urbanposthotel.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-gifts_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_003_off00004af4.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4AF4 25332 bytes
SHA-256: 034a43cf26e52759817b3c00a450e66e2d29bb87cc1bf2d253c152ea2780fbac
font_01_sfnt_off00008343.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8343 18184 bytes
SHA-256: f7ab4603df043e3b409a5778cbcaa649af363bace0b439e4e1e45451ac3c723c