Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2012abeb3f84b8aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.2 KB Created: 2021-07-06 13:40:48 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: d5f61d582f9c361c82066ba4c7c7897f SHA-1: d6160b2b0ed4153dfa0c7d7dc441ea4fd69be561 SHA-256: 2012abeb3f84b8aac3c67f76fc5a0f9911ffa5c7cbd660952516d6c1354bf0ce
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document employs a lure of free game items and hacks to entice users. It contains a significant number of external links, many pointing to other PDFs hosted on a university domain, suggesting a link farm or content distribution network. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the heuristic firings confirm the presence of a link farm and game hack lures.

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/431946152/cute-free-stuff-on-roblox-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-admin-hack-free-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/does-roblox-hack-your-computer_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-girl_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/change-stat-roblox-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/hair-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-free-spins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-galaxy-arcade-ressourcen-cheats_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/they-hacked-my-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/robux-free-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-player-download-2021-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-wild-savannah-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-get-more-spins-on-coin-master-for-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-join-free-roblox-builders-club_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/youtube-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-do-you-get-free-pet-food-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/is-there-a-way-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification-or-surveys_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-boombox-games-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/cheat-codes-feels-great-roblox-id_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-ctrl-tp-hack_GM431946152.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_off000032fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32FE 22384 bytes
SHA-256: 6d5e0fb66fa2c9ee3076373faf7fb42be24ad733aeadadfb0a3f7a07f4cfa205
font_01_sfnt_off000064fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x64FE 18896 bytes
SHA-256: 075f8cd774aca912a52d3a00929a8a2a62f8afb53e3281e7dfbbf780f705a182