Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 46a09b86f8bade72…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.1 KB Created: 2021-06-11 03:31:33 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 329b11779170c379dfab1611e7f83abe SHA-1: 09be1e9e4acd154822f0a4fba213700f446e465a SHA-256: 46a09b86f8bade7290c773083a1fb6ca8457b0c546795a908bddb481b9f58609
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it's a malicious redirector lure, specifically targeting users interested in game hacks. The document body and embedded URLs point to a site offering 'free generators' and 'game hacks', which is a common social engineering tactic. The presence of numerous external links suggests a link farm designed to distribute malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9832

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.tw/app/431946152/roblox-kicked-by-server-cheat-engine-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-money-hack-on-resturant-tycoon-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/pokemon-go-free-raid-pass_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/daily-free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/roblox-cheat-madcity_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-stuff-that-cost-coins-free-mpe-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/100-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-into-coeptus-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/robux-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/robux-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-safe_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/2021-robux-hack-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-likes-on-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/free-shields-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/ear-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/robux-com-free-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/how-do-you-get-free-pet-food-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/minecraft-win-10-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opac.akafarma-aceh.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verifying_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
stream_004_off00005438.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5438 27248 bytes
SHA-256: 7b930154352faa7db3437f5495ff1eb87d66b3cb4c3b1961c15a8df06118a388
font_01_sfnt_off00009299.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9299 19328 bytes
SHA-256: 57147442a01249b2d7274d5ede4246963f4746ea3cff45726d94f3d9a10ef3f7