Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f8abfa466cb02d2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.1 KB Created: 2021-05-12 16:31:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 708c8cdbc0ecbfdad66e99b7610a3849 SHA-1: 25662eeca6581fb2457a3e341fbe5c864c9008bb SHA-256: 4f8abfa466cb02d26ab6a55c7c8a8110a2a671295437a45bfff1e3733167749d
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a common lure of free game currency and hacks to entice users. It contains numerous links, including a primary redirector URL, that point to a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The document's structure and embedded links strongly suggest it is part of a phishing or scam campaign, likely aiming to drive traffic to malicious or ad-heavy 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today-blogspot-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/80-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hack-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-link-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-or-download-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/20210-free-spin-links-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/toolbox-for-minecraft-pe-mod-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/flame-gg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verify-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/best-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-rewards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-activegamer_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roebucks-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021-iphone_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
stream_003_off00004bbc.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4BBC 28192 bytes
SHA-256: aea7c82ffb013f0125f19d6e983ff5c6990ef4b768bf1bdf35060570fbb4c039
font_01_sfnt_off00008b70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B70 19156 bytes
SHA-256: c6e44e2d9e69c9765448dadb9ef0e8fe599e3907f261bb989cdf753410e037ff