Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 616e4b1a9b4a14ed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.8 KB Created: 2021-05-11 09:25:42 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 79cfc2c8822423c4efe4a608b7f5d690 SHA-1: a9c270af7ebed762fcf8533fdbb4b3381052956e SHA-256: 616e4b1a9b4a14ed4620e3f6e3bd752e339259178dcedb46ca4cc7c9a12274a6
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. It uses brand-impersonation credential phishing. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, routes users through malicious redirector infrastructure and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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.xyz/app/431946152/info-roblox-com-robux-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
  • 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/info-roblox-com-robux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/the-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-pocket-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-pet-snacks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/master-coin-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-2021-not-used_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux-without-doing-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-links-december-30-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/windows-10-minecraft-free-with-java_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-promo-codes-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-gift-card-online-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/microsoft-bing-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/como-hackear-coin-master-sin-verificacion-humana_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-1-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/wurst-client-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-free-roebucks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.talakeel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-raid-hack_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_off00004bef.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4BEF 25048 bytes
SHA-256: d8bec2e7f6dad881e65e915ba08a5b248404b4185ce601a74f1fd3237cde2b00
font_01_sfnt_off0000851c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x851C 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 2666f19638e8a85676fd26a40fcd2c9ad598b57ed36ce75be6242751bafc6488