Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53f145641b72ebaa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 02:38:56 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 818f753ed69821c602bf57e04e01169d SHA-1: 4f3cee8727b797547a559f1d2850e934327c0387 SHA-256: 53f145641b72ebaafe76a6ef991c71943e54f1007bdf783784ea91812ed41862
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links, including one identified as a malicious redirector leading to 'earn-robux-today-game-hack'. This lure, combined with the 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic, suggests a phishing or scam attempt to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/earn-robux-today-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spin-and-coin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-for-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-exploits_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/play-minecraft-online-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-gold-cards-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-roblox-clothes-no-bc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-coins-coin-master-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/minecraft-free-download-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/minecraft-free-download-apk-softonic_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-here_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/best-free-roblox-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/do-robux-generators-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-robux-fast_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/daily-free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-roblox-premium-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-account-generator_GM479516143.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_off00003330.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3330 22140 bytes
SHA-256: 2ad2933fa8ee26595c5b76f51747b3db084c1b2885a0c02a90ba5e29edbad856
font_01_sfnt_off00006440.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6440 18904 bytes
SHA-256: a9fc496f84e69d01ed59c1cd4e5953deeea203675ea3b95baaba8ca870e83513