Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fae9d51f37a4a30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.9 KB Created: 2021-05-13 16:19:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 52f1e603554d7ed804255f33049e43b3 SHA-1: 4ef1973e6cc6ff32ee61a35483e4fda5aea46149 SHA-256: 1fae9d51f37a4a30e417cada8f0019d799e56083945e70109b138ff371038478
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a common lure of 'free generators' and 'game hacks' to entice users to click on embedded links. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, suggesting the document's purpose is to funnel users to potentially malicious websites or download further payloads. The extensive list of linked PDFs also indicates a link farm strategy, likely for SEO poisoning or to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9632

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/get-coin-master-free-spin-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-com-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-no-survey_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-hack-for-2021000-coins-on-flip-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-games-that-actually-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-generator-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-link-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-heaven-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-only_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/blogger-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-ios-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-help-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004a6d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A6D 25372 bytes
SHA-256: 38bcea874e887716707f0196b9624aee24a2c5318729244e5cc0aab9c4fc01fe
font_01_sfnt_off00008459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8459 2880 bytes
SHA-256: 10d025f04f706eb71cdda4f99784df1b9ccb52e48080e43095e0398eaef6f132
font_02_sfnt_off00008e44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8E44 17884 bytes
SHA-256: e2d35692e43efa734225fccc8f864e809a8787bafbe3710f48ba51a9ce51e9b4