Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 405ad5ce321efd3e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:39:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 91c1aff84c49998cacf01f7e09008a96 SHA-1: 942e1b33a8696fb1c481711f511acb7323abaa4b SHA-256: 405ad5ce321efd3e3b6c316fbf1ecd7157da6795ad3325679f6d1a667b35175c
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains numerous links to websites offering game hacks and free in-game currency, such as 'cheat-roblox-lumber-tycoon-2-game-hack'. This indicates a lure to potentially malicious sites or downloads. The presence of a 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' heuristic suggests the document is part of a larger scheme to drive traffic to these sites. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and links strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/cheat-roblox-lumber-tycoon-2-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-someone-home-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-gear-in-roblox-free-admin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-make-free-t-shirts-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-coin-master-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-gamepasses-roblox-v3rm_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-free-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coins-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-apk-32-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-gold-cards-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/mobihack-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-online-hack-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-followers-on-tiktok-for-free_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-get-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-in-roblox-to-rank-up-a-group_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biochemix.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-2021-hack_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
font_00_sfnt_off000031c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31C1 21972 bytes
SHA-256: 39189039ea206e2e3c00a98c294de57ac63bae994d55a8ecd20145c5ad0dc6f0
font_01_sfnt_off0000624f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x624F 19460 bytes
SHA-256: 88dd9dc2540a3898bbb2eb5340feae230adc515db7c745fcef54e289b7bf07fd