Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 22d8df1c69dd6952…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-07-09 18:13:08 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e8ffd3d9fc2bd429019bab4ebefff3c0 SHA-1: 43d38ef4fb9b04170b91905bfd639ed0a84f4be3 SHA-256: 22d8df1c69dd6952281af945f867a24e508e90bb67552bf35d12b0ee5c9c8d2a
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links and references to 'game hacks' and 'free currency generators', indicating a social engineering lure. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' suggests the document is designed to host a large number of external links, likely for SEO manipulation or to redirect users to malicious sites. The primary URL http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/robux-generator-no-human-verification-game-hack is a direct lure for a Robux generator, which is a common scam tactic. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

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/robux-generator-no-human-verification-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-find-the-domos-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-zombie-attack-hack-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-safe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-shirt-templates_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/spin-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-long-should-the-account-stealing-hack-on-roblox-last_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-followers-no-human-verification_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-site-wwwquoracom_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-today-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-page-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/download-apps-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-lumber-tycoon-2-i-cheated-for-this-box_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-july-29_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.raneenmed.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-imagine_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_off00003094.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3094 22316 bytes
SHA-256: 8dc92879b837afde48012b8bc8497f20e287f942969d347889c29f9b9911dc42
font_01_sfnt_off00006264.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6264 19168 bytes
SHA-256: 652fe90220c9a73741d3e60f93b3e9546dc43e72d3cb2ffe6c2957085c98975e