Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f3fa518518561c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-07-05 12:22:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: c0cb8aa763862fda963cf87bc18dafe7 SHA-1: 1c13bf2d5bcc9d236b117c1b409729ef675392df SHA-256: 3f3fa518518561c3fc0256bfbc72d87ca43a6815f1af15811d313a7632397374
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of free game currency and hacks to entice users. It contains numerous links, including a primary malicious redirector at http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-roebucks-game-hack, and a large farm of SEO-optimized PDF links. The document's structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF's nature points towards a social engineering attack.

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/431946152/how-to-get-free-roebucks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/free-robux-real-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/dungeon-quest-roblox-hacks-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/how-to-make-clothes-on-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/hack-para-tener-todas-las-transformaciones-de-dbr-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/free-roblox-font-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/free-roblox-studio-blocks-addon_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/how-to-cheat-on-roblox-code_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/john-doe-hacker-roblox-march-18_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/how-to-get-a-free-pumpkin-kid-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/collect-free-spin-linms-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/roblox-robux-hack-with-roblox-cards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/free-robloxs-birthday-cards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/roblox-promo-codes-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/nombres-para-roblox-de-hacker_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/how-to-make-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/free-roblox-currency_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/how-to-win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/minecraft-hacks-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/how-to-get-levitation-animation-in-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.yudharta.ac.id/etj/repository/hey-google-how-to-get-free-robux_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_off00003540.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3540 22656 bytes
SHA-256: 36915b0696d60e727c7cf93449e09daea08665c70d94cd61a49a304035c7e29f
font_01_sfnt_off000067f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x67F9 18944 bytes
SHA-256: bb1bb1fad87c9fcb51de89bb7266f179a7458b8a249a047c92f7843a342167cf