Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53f5599f681f9fa1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 10:35:31 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 5509c47ce1a137ef5bccae97f5624d01 SHA-1: b6bd67bdcc23952fccdefe2cc36a3621e56201b7 SHA-256: 53f5599f681f9fa1aedcff6c6c4afaf4b36c6c65b51e4cd647e3c2a66f973f38
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains numerous SEO-optimized links, many of which point to URLs that appear to be designed to lure users into downloading game-related cheats or hacks. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of a direct download URL further supports a malicious intent to distribute potentially unwanted or harmful software. The document body itself is heavily obfuscated but contains references to game downloads and URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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/479516143/minecraft-free-apk-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-mac-full-version-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/daily-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-jailbreak-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/i-cant-get-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/advertise-your-roblox-game-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-getting-hacked_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-2021-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-official-fan-page_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/websites-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/daily-free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-o-get-free-robux-new_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-without-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-today-daily-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/114-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-on-chromebook-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/mcpe_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_off00002f08.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F08 22324 bytes
SHA-256: c61fe240c4b20bc56b438d95842de37686b751358599762f2abfaf6ff4e57110
font_01_sfnt_off00006055.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6055 18204 bytes
SHA-256: df1e656c8f83adbffe018ceec80089e30cbc9ee1f65ea69fcf3a46ef834d3d44