Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51e1c9e0ee298d16…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 13:55:06 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0c5909c4225a60fefbbdfb55211b6e79 SHA-1: a093e37ce13e49cd2d23ce5194b8708a74e0fea3 SHA-256: 51e1c9e0ee298d16772e08499368b99c07950419ec9c97166ffac1f4615c6291
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links and a call-to-action lure related to 'free Robux' and game hacks, indicating a social engineering attempt to redirect users to malicious websites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' suggests a large number of these links are present, and the ML classifier strongly flagged the PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection, likely to a site that either phishes for credentials or downloads a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/get-free-robux-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-can-i-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/www-roblox-com-robux-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-apk-java-edition_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-1x1x1x1-hack-music_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-apps-that-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-any-roblox-game_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-box_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-java-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/comment-cheater-sur-roblox-franais-sur-jailbreak-levels-airdrops_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coinmaster-spin-ml_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-websites-that-actually-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-posed-golden-freddy-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokmon-go-free-download-apk_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-case-clicker-rap-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-2021_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
font_00_sfnt_off00003228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3228 22756 bytes
SHA-256: 875075c51e85f578826f694826d15a0b8c08212d4f553a52b5915c030270bd3f
font_01_sfnt_off00006525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6525 19224 bytes
SHA-256: 821bcaeb5baca65cbb25255ca6205972482cf4d6c0082e9a42268983cc7c06a1