Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 873a20f17a3b3631…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-07-09 20:58:43 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1a456715a4e29f57fda20eaa18841589 SHA-1: 3dcb036143be532d7f97c1c2134f44111589aae5 SHA-256: 873a20f17a3b36318be7dbc66fdd4bd15ac43e8df7ca7d659019602c70deb30a
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous embedded links, identified as a 'link farm' by heuristics, designed to lure users to external sites. The primary lure appears to be related to game hacks and free in-game currency for popular games like Coin Master and Roblox. The document body and extracted URLs strongly suggest a phishing or scamming attempt, likely leading to credential harvesting or the download of further malicious content.

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.tw/app/406889139/coin-master-free-link-today-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/best-free-robux-sites_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/animate-a-roblox-character-online-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/can-i-play-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-the-complete-handbook-collection_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/pastebin-hack-de-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-coin-master-game-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/www-bloxy-world-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-stuff-on-roblox-with-inspect-element_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/cheats-coin-master-free-spins-and-news_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-me_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-generator-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/wurst-18-9_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/alfheim-online-free-accessories-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-links-for-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-toy-codes-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-on-united-kingdom_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mts-sukaramaiatas.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-free-app_GM479516143.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
stream_002_off00003557.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3557 22868 bytes
SHA-256: 82096ceff1371d8349ef6ffaf66c04d24631c2bea8d2c3a25484cc7c0a411671
font_01_sfnt_off000068ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x68AD 18524 bytes
SHA-256: a920f55f025afea5015e120a5f5dfdf37c8d5d267cdc7def099919dbf31b76fa