Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f966581e81d0cb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.3 KB Created: 2021-06-04 02:36:27 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 98ed735b27220e8a222bab3e824d0b7c SHA-1: ed4caba872c5d9d4c897d472fa631c38daa52d81 SHA-256: 3f966581e81d0cb964319d995b68aeca59099ecb30a8d8458002fb1a49af581a
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to redirectors and link farms, masquerading as generators for in-game currency or hacks. The primary lure is 'free Robux', a common theme in phishing and scam campaigns. The document body and embedded URLs strongly suggest a social engineering attack aimed at tricking users into visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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/431946152/you-promised-my-son-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-ways-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-instantly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/how-to-win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/real-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-apk-july-29_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-roblox-credit-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/robux-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-2021-no-survey_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-anti-bot-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/how-to-download-minecraft-for-free-on-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-coin-master-using-es-file_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hacks-for-pet-food_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/roblox-com-free-play_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/is-coin-master-hacks-safe_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_off00005168.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5168 32648 bytes
SHA-256: 922c9eb8fdfa6b34e8f82a6a520167d487856a525f9c25a4b703167ca323fd67
font_01_sfnt_off00009be5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9BE5 19260 bytes
SHA-256: 86e86c6d1a3146e1f407edd8c9cf68c56566e4a3a2a05930f639aef478547eb3