Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ea9a04989570428…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.2 KB Created: 2021-07-08 05:42:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 0a88206e2d321f24efd45e62575e4e61 SHA-1: c98a38d40f166e13d4a5e5ce6fe7d47a09f8617a SHA-256: 1ea9a049895704284b40361f700bb4dd72e119d5593b39214bfb2d594495126a
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs and a primary external link, all pointing to sites offering game-related cheats and downloads. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the structure suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially unwanted or malicious applications. No scripts were extracted, but the overall pattern is consistent with a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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/fb-coin-master-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/daily-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-free-skins-on-counter-blox-roblox-offensive_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-pc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-free-robux-in-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/free-rich-roblox-accounts-discord_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-hack-groups-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-mod-version-free-download-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-hack-2021-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/free-robux-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/free-catalog-items-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/best-tricks-co-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/free-hacking-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthcare.kyst.com.tw/image/data/files/scaffold-minecraft-hack_GM479516143.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_off00002ea0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2EA0 23500 bytes
SHA-256: 793226284ea6b5008e89d0e8a56aad2f4b2dcf0ca5d80604c4db25de21f98423
font_01_sfnt_off00006355.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6355 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 7a3cd79ff080fa27ccf3189e4d913bb82dfe371fff983502a27164cba1261ff5