Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5bb66bbe3d233213…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.9 KB Created: 2021-05-12 21:03:38 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 0a70f3f8f4f4b33a429fe326a72b41be SHA-1: 35d852b30a1501b5b48e0d5b199e50107ec89aa9 SHA-256: 5bb66bbe3d233213580c4acb4ab11748f652a11bfa05754b4da8df33084da2a7
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links, including a primary lure for 'free Robux' and game hacks. The heuristic firings indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially malicious websites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to external sites for malicious purposes, likely a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9349

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/431946152/free-robux-no-verification-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/roblox-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/how-to-change-your-roblox-username-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-hack-online-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-free-pet-food-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/free-robux-no-gift-card_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/can-you-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/wwwcoin-master-free-spincom_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-hack-pc-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/hack-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/how-to-make-a-minecraft-bedrock-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free-on-computer_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/robux-hack-me_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-hack-pro-gamers_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/free-links-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.era.org.in/era/assets/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-free-spin-app-iphone_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
font_00_sfnt_off00004df0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4DF0 32112 bytes
SHA-256: 3af5c702009797dda838d62d72ddfb0fe9305c4a028b15fc3c549964a7f55976
font_01_sfnt_off000095fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x95FB 2912 bytes
SHA-256: 02b35010e2614e3cc95ac6414c49295350c91fdfcc4b4cad27ffdbc10e80df7f
font_02_sfnt_off00009ff7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9FF7 18600 bytes
SHA-256: 361892a278de990f6dfe9fe9f512a0ec39aeba1740037781b92f32c6ad2b5051