Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76f4edbaa1749eb9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB Created: 2021-05-13 00:47:53 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 7bf1c7565adc412a1a23c469c66004f4 SHA-1: fdd205e0c7f49a559a2f5030cfe4644d2b5bb2db SHA-256: 76f4edbaa1749eb9c79ad43c6bc2730c69fe36dcbb7cd8a8dabb880ea8f89dc8
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are disguised as game hacks or generators. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of such links, suggesting a tactic to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern involves social engineering through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-bedrock-edition-download-pc-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-2021-ios-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-coins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-kid-friendly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-microsoft-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-free-items-glitch_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-many-levels-are-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-without-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-sites-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/500-free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-without-survey_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hey-google-how-do-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-generator-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-cards-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-login-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-spin-link-today-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtspersissindang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-avatar-com_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
stream_003_off00004d9f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4D9F 24944 bytes
SHA-256: 0da423f016f087575ed6fe179c702524afb98f0fdd12684a63538105c16e0874
font_01_sfnt_off000085a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x85A1 18828 bytes
SHA-256: 57b97413d46eb8dd02e8163e11e04ebb18f1b46f22b88b993c8d7eb158a8ca98