Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a5eda04dadb538d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.4 KB Created: 2021-06-19 20:24:11 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: f79a569d440c22d864459f6865c4ff2a SHA-1: bccc35577dcbcb98834bcd7600b6613663db06a8 SHA-256: 7a5eda04dadb538dedb30968406b8a28fee14ec9f627fe701223494ca82548f0
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are SEO-optimized PDFs promising game hacks and cheats. The primary lure appears to be related to Roblox and Coin Master, directing users to potentially malicious or ad-monetized content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic and the ML classifier's high confidence score further support the malicious nature of this document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/roblox-admin-commands-script-hack-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/free-daily-spins-and-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-pickaxes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/rbxoffer-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/www-mistplay-com-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/free-spin-codes-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/hack-para-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/coin-master-real-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/how-to-noclip-in-roblox-jailbreak-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/dragon-ball-x-in-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/roblox-booga-booga-mojo-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-android-device_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/roblox-god-mode-cheat-engine-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-in-roblox-on-ipad-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-your-own-minecraft-pe-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/ruso-icu-roblox-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/hack-in-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/coin-master-time-speed-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stiks-tarakanita.ac.id/repository/need-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.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_off00003268.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3268 22260 bytes
SHA-256: 726276acf69aeb0c1f4ca644d5a8a49a030ec50be0f2dd093a1692673ae243ba
font_01_sfnt_off000063d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63D1 19488 bytes
SHA-256: 69e38a905e3bf06939ea3115d55674d481100589e9c5d7e053facbe8ccfef0d6