Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 508df4178b3cbd24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.4 KB Created: 2021-07-02 01:42:05 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e918b248ce82aa9d17ae6e7bb333ab3a SHA-1: 682542dbe4d3e41a2aaeed6931091545cabfbbdb SHA-256: 508df4178b3cbd24530edb0af4dcc114f87ff29fff6c3deac911f2b3c2f3e8ef
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure for free game currency and hacks, directing users to a known malicious redirector. The document body contains numerous links to external PDFs, likely part of a link farm or SEO manipulation to drive traffic to the malicious redirector. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF.

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.co/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-on-roblox-no-survey-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/free-no-verificaton-robux-cards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-more-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/robux-hack-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-apk-hack-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-hack-roblox-on-ios_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-cards-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-daily-gifts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-hack-apk-2021-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-actually-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/free-robux-no-human-c-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verifying_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-spin-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/roblox-bloxburg-free-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/robuxmatch-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-gift-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/free-spin-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/all-coin-master-spin-link-and-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morishita-tc.com.tw/image/data/files/coin-master-free-cards-link_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_002_off00003129.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3129 22836 bytes
SHA-256: 234fcfef9a55a34753e73416a0399c18ab25d7bbe4f730acad5d2e5004385c17
font_01_sfnt_off0000644f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x644F 19352 bytes
SHA-256: aef5a18378dd90b5e18aa5f0a9c12cbb14eb10b27ed011776334b93a7279848f