Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3378e7e84f60273f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.7 KB Created: 2021-06-03 22:49:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9d7136d1de7930cc708af41d4ccf7b6e SHA-1: 4aa3087d928bd569ed4bdbae700dfd729bb50ae2 SHA-256: 3378e7e84f60273fc4ac56094d623405cc6bf3986b36e5832680fd6d19047f28
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links designed to lure users to external websites, including a primary malicious redirector and a large link farm. The heuristic firings indicate the document is intentionally crafted to mislead users with promises of free game hacks and currency, likely as a phishing or scam attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the 'download button' heuristic suggest a workflow intended to lead the user to download further malicious content or engage in fraudulent activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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.online/app/479516143/minecraft-beta-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-links-for-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/robux-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-email_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-fan-page-giveaway_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-come_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-shirt-templates-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/robloxmatchcom-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/minecraft-java-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-spin-link-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/microsoft-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-appsfor-coin-master-daily-rewards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-obby_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-pets-in-adopt-me-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-rare-cards-for-coin-master-christmas_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/best-way-to-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-tokens-in-minecraft-ps4_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-link-today_GM406889139.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_off00005010.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5010 29384 bytes
SHA-256: 807274541a432ba934e2628ccdf75d4a3d228fb5932d717ee3beb7d1b1db71cf
font_01_sfnt_off000091a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x91A6 17784 bytes
SHA-256: ffa4e944bc3952cb658e805fb11da1f643d70f63a75572cc293d8aa9f3ac184d