Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24e1c291286dc2a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.1 KB Created: 2021-06-03 12:17:18 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ab7a3d5a65e15d0555155ed04f53f760 SHA-1: c96a8131ba9c004258c07da08049fd19f34e0bb8 SHA-256: 24e1c291286dc2a73affc0a0cc6746838c1b597cbc5567a6a84bfee09c8e3db2
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a fake CAPTCHA lure, a common social engineering tactic to trick users into interacting with malicious content. It also embeds numerous external links, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious payloads. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of external URIs further supports a malicious intent to download or redirect the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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.
  • 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
  • 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-without-verification-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/can-you-play-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/minecraft-pocket-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/do-robux-generators-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/show-me-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-1-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/free-spins-and-coins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coinmaster-rewards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-500-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-roblox-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-game-free-play-online_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-app-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/free-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/facebook-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/minecraft-for-ipad-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/coin-master-home_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.pps.uin-alauddin.ac.id/repository/picture-roblox_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
stream_004_off00005117.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5117 24996 bytes
SHA-256: c4e25e770e9ca3250ba9893f9829b0f15e90437606204440139ea711bed5d964
font_01_sfnt_off00008a49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A49 19368 bytes
SHA-256: a82984a519d7edf94c6531cfcf7f8df3cbe602e214b877051ae5dee029c294bf