Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 69a59677160bd148…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:23:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 5c240931c4e3c5dec197164234ad4075 SHA-1: 2e727e788a7d6892ff8e19fbe4f5c7ec1ff568c1 SHA-256: 69a59677160bd148059dbd1a563f6fc22ab116b98317800b20c2dbc7f8d4327e
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on 'ktcart.co.in' and offer 'free Robux' or 'free spins' for popular games. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of such links, suggesting a link farm designed to attract users with deceptive lures. The primary URL 'http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-with-no-coupon-game-hack' further reinforces this scam-like behavior. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' flag suggest a high likelihood of redirection to malicious content or phishing pages.

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.co/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-with-no-coupon-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-com-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-earn-free-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/como-hackear-coin-master-espaol_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-gg_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-heaven-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-a_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/tix-hack-roblox-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-ios-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-online-hack-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-with-proof-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-make-roblox-ads-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-ios-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-arsenal-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-earn-free-stars-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-link-in-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pixies-gigantic-coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ktcart.co.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/make-free-robux_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_off000034b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34B7 22716 bytes
SHA-256: dc670bec06fe4f3f8c660e086cde1868fb38defab8d6c97e27021e0ef0188206
font_01_sfnt_off000066c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x66C9 19644 bytes
SHA-256: 766ddec65bccfd2f9cc139288fc299f0057869417680aa2f5a539414dd38b4ce