Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 789163ac531a797c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.9 KB Created: 2021-05-12 15:43:42 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: df2aecfb733c01ea132f4fa85bbc046a SHA-1: 4b00e21b31b3af509e55fc3238feabea6f410c70 SHA-256: 789163ac531a797ca02d3b327d0ffb0f8620ec79ec9c7dbea515406b4ad51612
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links disguised as game hacks and generators, a common lure for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the PDF structure suggests a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9887

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/431946152/roblox-hacks-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-robux-group_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-robux-generator-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-instagram_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/coin-master-collect-today-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-downloading-any-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/como-hackear-el-juego-coin-master-en-espaol_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-realms-to-join_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/how-to-win-attack-madness-in-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-robux-com-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-links-for-free-coins-and-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-robux-not-fake_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-robux-redeem-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-coins-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/claimrbx-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-downloading-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/codes-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/roblox-how-to-get-free-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stkip-pgri-sumbar.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-human-verification-real_GM431946152.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_off00004650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4650 29644 bytes
SHA-256: ab2594e8754c644bbc953ef7d0d57111243df2c9f325f3189c4c502c8c6f029c
font_01_sfnt_off00008a44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A44 2880 bytes
SHA-256: 10d025f04f706eb71cdda4f99784df1b9ccb52e48080e43095e0398eaef6f132
font_02_sfnt_off0000942e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x942E 18584 bytes
SHA-256: 09e382df304bf090e7d4979f9a4a25aa7e11969d647bdc760e706e621b680adc