Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6935b03c01c08d21…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 05:04:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e57e3f7c91795916db33c7435f99eda6 SHA-1: 8c5ab745a274841e9dad74858b0bf700c61c6428 SHA-256: 6935b03c01c08d21696adf627f10b614e82ae983f1fa9d9c452fd0b24326c1d7
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document employs a game hack lure to entice users to click on external links, specifically targeting popular games like Coin Master and Roblox. The heuristic firings indicate a 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE', suggesting the primary purpose is to drive traffic to a network of linked PDFs, likely for SEO manipulation or to serve as a gateway to malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of external links and the nature of the lures strongly suggest an attempt to exploit user interest for potentially harmful redirects or downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/406889139/coin-master-free-coins-hack-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/free-spin-sites-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/www-pastebin-com-raw-free-robux-v5_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/minecraft-free-demo_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account-with-link_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/f3x-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/new-hack-for-roblox-deathrun-2021-november_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/hacks-scripts-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/coin-master-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-getting-banned_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/descargar-hack-para-hackear-cuentas-de-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/free-nike-clothes-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/who-hacked-cutelucyy9-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/watch-ads-for-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-money-on-roblox-rocitizens_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-cf_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-commands-admin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-any-hair-for-free-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.dutadharma.ac.id/repository/roblox-obby-gives-you-robux-for-free-no-password-required_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
font_00_sfnt_off000032ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32BA 23156 bytes
SHA-256: 1a1905b6934f6b4c55e36b15a0463204e36183ecce746258e27826592b305ead
font_01_sfnt_off0000670e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x670E 18168 bytes
SHA-256: f6a958b5ee3bd5b31fa7bb34e70f4f188eadbb3e5a663de667095cc8c499d1ed