Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7147466a51bf5830…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.7 KB Created: 2021-06-08 19:49:25 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 688c3ef2779cec8488a008c38d72e949 SHA-1: 15a7555695474c0f883935cb05b28a448ac928b6 SHA-256: 7147466a51bf58304c82e7423ba8bb0766fd79cfe4f24b0f2d842073e16edaa0
122 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 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 0.9865

Heuristics 5

  • 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.tw/app/431946152/how-can-you-hack-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.tw/app/431946152/how-can-you-hack-robux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-name-tag-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-mods-for-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-account-taker_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-without-human-verification-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-rewards-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-gfx-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/best-free-minecraft-server-hosting-reddit_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-microsoft_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/microsoft-bing-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-link-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-draw-2-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux-without-doing-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-followers-for-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.laxmansartemporium.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-apk-114-4_GM479516143.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_004_off000050ea.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x50EA 25148 bytes
SHA-256: cb74f92a651e0ba634ca513fcf877d88c13577e9c33260c18e8f930ae78118de
font_01_sfnt_off00008b0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B0D 18576 bytes
SHA-256: f5ae655c9376f2450603cd85dd4d593ab8861ec12cfc9cca487a466a4a4cc84a