Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4d651f64c5ee9b3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.7 KB Created: 2021-05-11 18:07:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a6ff1df265566b6ef404335114909473 SHA-1: 41e5c1f413eda4675346fb06f95a1d865d24ad38 SHA-256: 4d651f64c5ee9b3f336abf87cbfde34e328e0b63638028b93f8738879eeb23e9
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, including a known malicious redirector, disguised as game hacks and free currency generators. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to download or visit potentially malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9432

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.xyz/app/479516143/clients-minecraft-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-free-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/mine-minecraft-games-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-launcher-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-gift-free-spins-and-coins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/wurst-115-2_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verify_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-survey-or-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-promo-codes-for-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-at-all_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/game-hunters-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/today-coin-master-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-hacker-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.romento.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004c84.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4C84 25468 bytes
SHA-256: 6e81877a29071bfa2d19074822d090e6f30de58e77694105e6da62199fe5c87a
font_01_sfnt_off000087a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x87A1 3092 bytes
SHA-256: 3811f2fb1880daf4953efcc9c7427d9b438bced237490b00be4a6ec3ecea79e0
font_02_sfnt_off0000924c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x924C 17644 bytes
SHA-256: b1e6b7721ac76cdb58ab715170998ed65443e780ca06fc40eb483816b5c8893a