Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 477cde8b6843b02d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.9 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:09:57 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 9ee983abaff9ab57957e3dce915090d3 SHA-1: 6faff2e711832c7cfa0baae42ce9bb45d0045449 SHA-256: 477cde8b6843b02d554677a0f83ca809eba4361256c268e125b15509c615237b
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links designed to lure users into clicking on game hack generators and free item offers. These links redirect to known malicious infrastructure and a large farm of other malicious PDFs, indicating a phishing or scam campaign. The document body and heuristics suggest a social engineering pretext to drive traffic to these malicious sites.

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/406889139/best-coin-master-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/is-there-a-way-to-get-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/harked-cheat-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/if-everything-in-roblox-was-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-gen_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-free-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021-april_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/games-like-minecraft-but-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-heaven-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacks-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-people_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/where-can-i-get-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-hack-no-virus_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-link-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/can-you-upload-an-audio-to-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-java-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-game-download-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man2-cms.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-2021_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_002_off000034dc.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34DC 22164 bytes
SHA-256: 60148aab961019a2d1fce259ebfd857702cb381c7bf3c2bf1366f56c323d4a89
font_01_sfnt_off000065ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x65ED 18220 bytes
SHA-256: 74b991809cd941a33c314a0b8a4aa7d995701b9bc4142046794dc3ba8ed8ff01