Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cd7d230c65b0bbb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.8 KB Created: 2021-06-10 14:32:04 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 355c0635abf089a73f6ce186b39fbcda SHA-1: 6c268d676fdcf04d9c1e7e7f2a07726b9484e933 SHA-256: 5cd7d230c65b0bbbfbe0ec0b43f16f68d2131221f2f108a747be01255ac5381e
260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document employs a lure related to game hacks and free generators, impersonating Microsoft to trick users into clicking malicious links. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, which likely serves as a gateway to further malicious content or phishing pages. The document also contains a large number of SEO-optimized links pointing to other PDFs, suggesting a link farm designed to improve search engine rankings for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-get-never-ending-robux-no-hack-game-hack.
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/how-to-get-never-ending-robux-no-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-free-spin-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/collect-free-spin-linms-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-download-for-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pubg-uc-hack_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-shirts-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-shield-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-really-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-coins-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-in-app-purchase-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-realms-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-roblox-free-on-nintendo-switch_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-stuff-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/download-coin-master-hack-mod-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-followers-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharmagoa.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-today_GM431946152.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_004_off00005049.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5049 24916 bytes
SHA-256: 3a86465551a6e2dec425c13dedcd1a6e8cc3f2fe440a1fd7ac31698afa1eb438
font_01_sfnt_off00008990.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8990 19212 bytes
SHA-256: 6739a53173cf890eb3f273c51503b74d490875dd4b34992e3f975b17f259bf2e