Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 241ca6d3ef2553a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.7 KB Created: 2021-06-03 14:49:20 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b940811912230233fc9a82f9956fa811 SHA-1: d4ea19242011b4252f1dca382845805186a024ea SHA-256: 241ca6d3ef2553a3058542bffac7065caef9cd787425c717fd9f9d5d10091ead
222 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a fake CAPTCHA and brand impersonation lure to trick users into clicking links for game hacks and free currency. The document contains numerous links to external sites, many of which appear to be part of a link farm designed to host further lures or potentially malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the overall structure suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9464

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.online/app/431946152/free-robux-no-offers-game-hack.
  • 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 https://netcdn.online/app/431946152/free-robux-no-offers-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/free-robux-co_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/freerobux-hack-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/bloxpage-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-a-roblox-account-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-version-download-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/free-spins-coin-master-ios-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/free-bling-bling-card-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/mcpe-master-unlimited-coins-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/coin-master-ios-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/coin-master-links-for-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-hacks-no-verification-or-survey_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/claim-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-more-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/roblox-earn_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-gifts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.stietenggarong.ac.id/repository/free-coins-coin-master-link_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_004_off0000541c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x541C 25460 bytes
SHA-256: 924c5e9b5e0f9a3cfec4fda4e339308c4be4dd4da0b10c21cb28c351d83ceb71
font_01_sfnt_off00008feb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8FEB 7488 bytes
SHA-256: 04bfd8d82ec9a099c839e8bf0c51535ebfe573ca4f451317976215d594270058
font_02_sfnt_off0000a897.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA897 18012 bytes
SHA-256: db6be32425767485114cb9000642ed63280f0807e0fe45793765b8e181fce2c0