Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 54c2bf4aae2e0006…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.9 KB Created: 2021-05-12 03:32:53 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 1572fb90fa147e90e133efc835fa21ed SHA-1: 445eb8fbe89c4cff138e87fa1e28b98a1679549f SHA-256: 54c2bf4aae2e0006781cc156a25dbf988e3786968dd7d6a4ae46b0be07cef05a
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links designed to lure users with promises of game hacks and cheats, redirecting them to malicious infrastructure. The primary redirector URL is 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-headless-head-roblox-game-hack', which then leads to a farm of other malicious PDFs hosted on 'ourlady-elearning.com'. This indicates a campaign focused on driving traffic to malicious sites through deceptive content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9967

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/431946152/free-headless-head-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-stop-attack-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-gold-cards-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-into-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/how-can-you-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-version_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-download-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-a-roblox-account-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-60-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/is-it-possible-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-injection_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/cheats-coin-master-free-spins-and-news_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-golden-card-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/60-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-download-pc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ourlady-elearning.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-shield-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_003_off00004acb.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4ACB 42716 bytes
SHA-256: 80b73c864f8f8ebcc38bc1bb46e32f23212d92967b8ca94ed08483f327238117
font_01_sfnt_off0000a910.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA910 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 63d99b8cbf455ab0d965626ac401ea421cc47a85f69736e4fa719bce4e2c55ac