Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c4192baaba33ee0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.9 KB Created: 2021-07-04 11:00:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 493cdc5d1b8db2229f2375a2a9ceb903 SHA-1: 87bac2d957b828a46824a37467d538045dd7fdd1 SHA-256: 7c4192baaba33ee0ce7aec9858327b02f420a23b539ca719a45281cddec0dc8e
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document contains numerous links designed to lure users into clicking on offers for free game currency or hacks. The primary link redirects to known malicious infrastructure, and the document body contains a large number of SEO-optimized links to other PDF files hosted on a separate domain, likely part of a link farm. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of multiple redirector links confirms a malicious intent to drive traffic to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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/free-robux-link-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/minecraft-free-ios-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/websites-that-give-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/how-to-get-free-roebucks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/free-working-roblox-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/minecraft-windows-10-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/free-robux-with-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/free-robux-2021-march_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/coin-master-game-hunter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/coin-master-hack-apk-with-fb-login_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/coin-master-15-free-spin-link-of-last-5-days_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/roblox-assassin-hack-2021-read-desc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/coin-master-free-stuff-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/free-robux-roblox-promo-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/free-roblox-hack-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-voucher-no-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/free-202120212021202120212021202120212021202120212021-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jsvillas.com.tw/assets/files/how-to-get-free-spins-in-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_off00003acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3ACD 21972 bytes
SHA-256: cf10c9835f65f682c37f9d66b001a9cf20b91def3dd03268c67d91dec9b4ed52
font_01_sfnt_off00006b81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B81 19008 bytes
SHA-256: a11a737a93c2cddb47bbb5a91c346e1b782ee8df03973ee462993f1f8904f3c0