Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74dc525b9b7998cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.8 KB Created: 2021-07-20 11:21:20 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: fa09d27e040e1b1a345533697ab0edfb SHA-1: b47c600d60820867ddae234c282f69e8144e6f2b SHA-256: 74dc525b9b7998cf35c994043d2202fef6b5b6a89298ccd5d9595ca0c04d8e44
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links designed to lure users into clicking on a "free generator / game hack" which redirects to malicious infrastructure. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. While no scripts were extracted, the embedded links and the nature of the lure suggest an attempt to redirect users to a site that likely hosts further malicious content or exploits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-on-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/blox-fish-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-exe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-free-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-games-that-actually-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-iphone-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-realms-for-free_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
font_00_sfnt_off00002b41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2B41 22552 bytes
SHA-256: ff7a32ce6cf4d07026057c4b547ee56d4bb363e16c0f028f8401ac34788dc403
font_01_sfnt_off00005d72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5D72 18540 bytes
SHA-256: 2557c2e11304e283ec684ce61175de816869402e582bd3c82ce838557335e232