Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cc48f49d0bf9fb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.5 KB Created: 2021-05-19 06:59:54 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 758cadb80f4ab8180cde56da0e5a23d1 SHA-1: eaa5198c86da44887a73985f13f116e127df809d SHA-256: 8cc48f49d0bf9fb1e9420cb78e1c4a6acc2c5f6dc9dbdaad09bac1e3ab8ab685
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are part of a link farm designed to improve search engine rankings for scam-related terms. One primary link leads to a malicious redirector infrastructure that is known to host scam content. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for game-related hacks, suggesting a phishing or scamming attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/is-coin-master-hack-safe-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-online-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-hacks-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-app-download-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-java-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-ios-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/microsoft-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/www-roblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-card-collection-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-a-game_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-roblox-credit-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daily-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/i-need-more-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-it-possible-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-ml_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-no-verification-deutsch_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-march-2021_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
stream_003_off000047fa.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x47FA 29596 bytes
SHA-256: 628ce5779ce5939b99d9519080d2ebcf6269864c8c768550b16f8c0eb7d69c8a
font_01_sfnt_off0000899a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x899A 17716 bytes
SHA-256: fe1f2daf970176796b30352a80040e1234ee7b6b28ca613a5dcb302da82e852c