Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ff4abcd0f974282…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.0 KB Created: 2021-06-10 19:36:17 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 55dffd1dce51ab721cfce81883c47a7a SHA-1: 30f689591bf7dc6dda412098d29fad49f4ba1088 SHA-256: 6ff4abcd0f974282f884c1229c4f95d41bfe9a3654e15f4d84894f52564f2790
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links designed to lure users into clicking on what appear to be free game generators or hacks. These links redirect to known malicious infrastructure, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The presence of numerous external links suggests a link farm designed for SEO manipulation to attract victims. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector is the malicious redirection via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

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 https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-roblox-you-can-play-online-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/moonactive-coin-master-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-come_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-downloading-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/haktuts-coin-master-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-coin-spin-daily-link-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-spin-link-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/robux-page_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-free-spins-for-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-codes-2021-not-used_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/real-free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-hack-online-generator-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-much-robux-can-you-get-with-1-million-dollars_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-hack-without-downloading-apps_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/is-there-any-way-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/moonactive-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-pastebin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ft.undip.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-hack-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000051fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x51FC 24516 bytes
SHA-256: e07b4d29e9d5927a29e6246b86c01069cec62c48271f67e32ab921df1e5e456d
font_01_sfnt_off00008940.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8940 2832 bytes
SHA-256: 77ae1c4cffa647a8fd533dfa4102e94364989f9e80b9cd131876e9d1005899a2
font_02_sfnt_off000092f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x92F1 18932 bytes
SHA-256: bad7d0180a201957310ee5db4495f7d4c93ec7842a5422ef90ddbb8b3cd37d6f