Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ce86a34170d9265…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.3 KB Created: 2021-05-18 01:15:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 3a96b38041bcb2e146517d7ff2a2d5f2 SHA-1: b26ac16bba7e1006e1ca006aedc710d6abc63d19 SHA-256: 3ce86a34170d926550ea19704e2be570e642ba8a73a95f1a78cd094431964709
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous embedded links to external PDF documents, many of which are related to game cheats and generators, indicating a lure for users to download potentially malicious content. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of external URIs and a link farm further supports this assessment. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the overall structure suggests a phishing or social engineering attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey-no-download-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/what-is-coin-master-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-online-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-spin-daily-link-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/a-lot-of-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-cheat-codes-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-hack-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-unlimited_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/easy-ways-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hacks-for-minecraft-bedrock_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-shirt-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-version-download-2021-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/op-rewards-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-ad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-bedrock-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sigmaclient.info#2In PDF document text
    • https://flux.today#3In 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_off00004886.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4886 25140 bytes
SHA-256: 7cdb77ec9f789f2659f71ec6d8a3220a0b8ce5fedacbcd338abcfef77fc91791
font_01_sfnt_off00008127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8127 17568 bytes
SHA-256: ce96ee2cb1800a95c911c77dfe81c9a72a479049c6676c05affe2ae793ebac2d