Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 798b416f67d82a5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.6 KB Created: 2021-05-17 20:37:00 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 9a41ec6281f89f9cc284321403ba5e37 SHA-1: 7684de2373c8f9437e82be6d7625dc56f55f2be8 SHA-256: 798b416f67d82a5cf2f6bdb8ea096d1c4071e1e49b4423947ef2c012f5e08fa4
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains numerous embedded links to external websites, many of which are structured as SEO link farms. These links lead to pages offering game hacks and cheats, such as 'robux-app-game-hack' and various Coin Master exploits. The presence of a ML classifier flagging the PDF as malicious and the extensive link farm structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using a spearphishing attachment as the initial vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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/robux-app-game-hack
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/roblox-games-free_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/free-pet-snacks-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/coin-master-hack-ios-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/free-robux-apps-that-work_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/coin-master-unlimited-spin-apk-free-download_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/minecraft-apk-114-4_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/free-robux-no-gift-card_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/free-robux-no-verification-needed_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/coin-master-raid-hack_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/free-robux-websites-that-work_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/free-spins-and-coins-com_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/how-to-hack-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/coin-master-hack-tool-download_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/roblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/mcpe-optifine_GM479516143.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/coin-master-game-hack-app-download_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-link-haktuts-hacking-news_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/coin-master-hack-spin-ios_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://atmos-service.com/images/free-spins-from-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00004262.bin
5a9c33435b0927859799d451b35e3c91b51e114f42ca49e4e54da248d28fec39
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4262 26132 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00007d76.bin
219c55bb431f43351bcf1592a83073a1c751ddd41efaa2bf419dfd5689889aab
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7D76 18024 bytes