Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57fb9261dde38f3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.5 KB Created: 2021-05-11 07:19:08 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: e6bcf9359404b2d3b71e28f8e984c7e3 SHA-1: 9a35ba39902ac7847663a0e94e43b341856e4bc1 SHA-256: 57fb9261dde38f3aedd2b7848bce34bd81d321775620a7ac2d1d17c3a74eb072
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, including a primary lure to a "game hack" generator. This suggests an attempt to trick users into visiting a malicious website, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of embedded URLs supports a phishing or redirection attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9632

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/game-hack-coin-master-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/how-to-hack-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/free-pet-food-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/roblox-avatar-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/earn-free-robux-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-on-iphone_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/was-minecraft-ever-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/coin-master-free-spin-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/coin-master-hack-ios-jailbreak_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/roblox-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/roblox-games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/free-robux-no-verification-at-all_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/roblox-booga-booga-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/how-to-get-minecoins-in-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/coin-master-unlimited-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/coin-master-time-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/coin-master-email-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmik-kharisma.ac.id/perpustakaan/repository/coin-master-pc-hack-tool_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000049b5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x49B5 25008 bytes
SHA-256: 920ca82661e0c51bebda66e2d197c280f63e04baf0dbef46572bb2263bc25394
font_01_sfnt_off0000827a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x827A 2868 bytes
SHA-256: d2d857e2ddc1082c7667b23f2135a5c0ba26a2ff8b42c86c89c8e0b09aece855
font_02_sfnt_off00008c65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8C65 17976 bytes
SHA-256: 6c4bc6518c449e74acc10e239ebc2a40e5371f7bb57007301009253b23203593