Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 49c131b4c789e704…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-06-21 21:58:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 2f2e424842eb90292f8307b80bf9107e SHA-1: e4a60c5d9762d999e8c8d51be14fcee33f0cef15 SHA-256: 49c131b4c789e7041fb56b3717110a98683d61770a5e92f3666b1ab02ed823a2
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, with a primary lure of 'free generator / game hack' for popular games like Roblox and Coin Master. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of embedded URLs suggests an attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious sites for phishing or malware downloads. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • 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/youtube-how-to-get-cheats-for-roblox-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-android-device_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/xyz-roblox-hack-download-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-hack-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-hoofer-art-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-attack-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-2021000-robux-for-free-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-site_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-doing-anything-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-free-ios-no-verification_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-more-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-no-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/games-in-roblox-that-give-you-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-tips-and-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sellitafrica.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-mobile_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_off00002f4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F4A 22624 bytes
SHA-256: 11e835610c8848423a2d9ddf744ff6ccd65c06d2d3686262265d71d8dc73d467
font_01_sfnt_off000061ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61EC 19384 bytes
SHA-256: 7ace50f320bcba1e87aae25b04b7656bfc0734e25392f5ee3c06c7af39b44610