Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6b239dd14fccdbae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-06-27 13:28:49 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b289b3c1506c56bbee446c409905f08f SHA-1: b59043a487749ad7fa5de39156de76462d7351b8 SHA-256: 6b239dd14fccdbaef229e27b420b9d0b6b578d60db5c4aa1c0953dfee9973ea8
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, including a primary malicious redirector, designed to lure users with promises of free in-game items and hacks. The document body and heuristics indicate a scam or phishing attempt, likely to lead to a second-stage download or credential harvesting. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/free-robux-no-downloading-and-no-email-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/free-spin-link-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/flame-gg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-rewards-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/free-robux-generator-com-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/minecraft-xray-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-free-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-free-pet-snacks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-accounts-for-free-with-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-hack-btool-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/robloxheroxyz-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-programmer-tycoon-free-admin-vip_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/coin-master-unlimited-spins-apk-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/minecraft-hacked-client-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/jailbreak-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/minecraft-114-4-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/free-gift-card-codes-for-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/free-games-like-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advancissurgical.com/uploads/files/files/roblox-hack-robux-2021-pc-no-human-verification_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_off00003155.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3155 23080 bytes
SHA-256: 09faa9a79846b0182680adedd3d780243d0bedcb016a17cd3a80fe914601281c
font_01_sfnt_off0000653a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x653A 19676 bytes
SHA-256: 0d52c8d4a034cc3a51bb6bd9b91ace2337049bd50899404d906a3cf3b72e3ff3