Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f15dca2f118d6f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.7 KB Created: 2021-05-13 21:51:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: c42d092c415b909651ac6d233f05b614 SHA-1: 4ffaa74cf7fe9a1e9e742fc663a6b93083bd34fb SHA-256: 3f15dca2f118d6f74e9b3490b39dfa00d610774fac1daa1a55b6388f3ceb4058
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a lure for free game currency and hacks, directing users to a known malicious redirector. The document body and embedded links suggest a social engineering tactic to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate a malicious redirector is being used to host further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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.xyz/app/431946152/how-to-get-2021-robux-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-roblox-premium-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/toolbox-for-minecraft-pe-mod-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/freespins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-500-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-exploits_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-coin-master-free-spin-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-apk-114-4_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-2021-no-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-coins_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-unlimited-coins-hack-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-no-verification-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-apk-android-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-education-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/apk-hack-coin-master_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_003_off00004c3b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4C3B 25324 bytes
SHA-256: b25f914f50968070440492b076949ba358f03e5da845ac7aab6ba40534233e36
font_01_sfnt_off0000871f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x871F 18684 bytes
SHA-256: 6e9c0eecafd635f65838c8dbfb1e23e8457e4c9239d4b33e445d621fd980b18f