Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c39d4064d7420a2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 00:12:41 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 2c967e5e315b29cfc43eed9cae44f71f SHA-1: dc68aaba1965b6488e625e9362f4774fed699ffa SHA-256: 3c39d4064d7420a2e5655b8016fd01a20b7ce683bd04e6bf20c39c99cb082a7e
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of free game hacks and currency to entice users into clicking malicious links. The document contains numerous links to external PDF files and a primary redirector URL, indicating a link farm or SEO spam campaign designed to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and content strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/best-free-minecraft-texture-packs-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hack-tools_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-unblocked_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-stop-cheat-engine-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hacknetpremium-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-prison-life-hack-gui-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-on-roblox-hack-no-offer-vid_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-fire_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-i-play-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-roblox-free-to-play_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-generator-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/using-cheat-engine-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/aimbot-download-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/codes-admin-get-free-robux-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-generator-robux-cheat-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-promo-codes_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_off0000307e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x307E 22804 bytes
SHA-256: 1bcb1f1e71012abd4d8a1eedaa7e506d4928303c55c077c6a00239e1dce0b878
font_01_sfnt_off000062d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62D5 18744 bytes
SHA-256: e8b211b9ffe0a0e580f1a8ca21c01c261f2994ec1764d2244b5caa998895579b