Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e2fc59be28136d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.0 KB Created: 2021-05-15 08:08:31 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 1b4c3d72ec5a0ed3e52018124eae0ecd SHA-1: b25bc1192f72186228c112b9e73cc00186747e09 SHA-256: 7e2fc59be28136d9dc3551d3e4984bae58dc7e062f9f88d2263f4280810fdc9e
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded links to external websites, many of which are related to game cheats and free in-game currency. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of these external links, suggesting a link farm designed to drive traffic to potentially malicious or scam-related content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of these links and the overall structure point towards a phishing or scam attempt, likely using a lure of free in-game items to entice users to click through.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8948

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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/free-robux-that-actually-works-game-hack
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-get-free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-free-download-pc_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-ios_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/roblox-free-draw_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/150-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-free-spinv1-0apkpure-com-apk_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/2021-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/hack-coin-master-game-apk-download_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-free-ios_GM479516143.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/pig-master-coin-master-free-spin_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-spin-pattern_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-daily-spin-free_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/robux-hack-no-verification_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-facebook_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-free-attack-hack_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/clean-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/links-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://foc.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-free-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000049b0.bin
e2d2c31f3053d769f78f995037539b90c6d5e7776f2162ff3b23679e27ca3ebe
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x49B0 25772 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00008591.bin
450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8591 5696 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000092a2.bin
e9e8736bed1826902485352f20294e96b644ee357cd6186db79dc9b33c578c67
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x92A2 19136 bytes