Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 23b788b4d996e26a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.4 KB Created: 2021-06-11 02:39:11 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 43fb91df38aff5b2ed78923b907c254a SHA-1: 6b494c500076e7f4af6ebd2918271b5f073c7a9b SHA-256: 23b788b4d996e26a6381644db5a7abaf15bc9d5108f917bea3f9ef7014823c84
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, including a primary redirector disguised as a game hack generator. These links lead to further PDF documents hosted on a domain associated with SEO link farming, suggesting a campaign to drive traffic to malicious or ad-heavy sites. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

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.tw/app/431946152/roblox-top-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/mobihack-net-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/free-robux-codes-no-survey-or-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/master-coin-master-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/pokemon-go-free-download-apk_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/get-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/pokemon-go-free-friends_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/real-hack-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/free-robux-apk_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/how-to-buy-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/como-hackear-el-juego-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/free-minecraft-account-and-password-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/minecraft-games-to-play-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/master-free-spin-and-coin-links-html-m-1_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/free-robux-without-verify_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/legit-coin-master-hack-october-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-whatsapp-group-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/coin-master-hack-without-verify_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/minecraft-story-mode-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id/repository/free-redeem-codes-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.sdmuhwirobrajan3.sch.id//repository/how-do-you-earn-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.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
font_00_sfnt_off00005376.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5376 26160 bytes
SHA-256: 7d0ca907b4c99376fdab53ddccfb6d22b57de19f08a81341443ca65d95bae690
font_01_sfnt_off00009099.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9099 2852 bytes
SHA-256: e9630f3bb738ae3bc329a423cf069c8035d70ce2227e3557c42815f85ad3284f
font_02_sfnt_off00009a5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9A5B 18264 bytes
SHA-256: e82ed2e2d6e8721ff751f7defbc854c48ab3abc710cc8fd928a3e4f00b79910a