Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d181ff245835b15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.9 KB Created: 2021-06-11 13:36:41 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 55ca1566b01215dabd9a39fe6dc34705 SHA-1: 4b4c76a5329020715d477262ae11f6809be637ea SHA-256: 8d181ff245835b15237fa2b9bb580a67f1ec0eee93f2d83b2045725ef29cc1d5
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as "free generator / game hack" lures for popular games. The document body and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt to trick users into visiting malicious websites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of malicious links and the ML classifier's high confidence indicate a high likelihood of a malicious campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-items-from-games-roblox-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-avatar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-likes-no-human-verification-or-downloading-apps_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-app-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/real-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/google-how-do-you-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/spin-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pubg-uc-buy-paytm_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-to-protect-village-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-hair-girl_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-cheat-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-mac-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-get-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/200-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-redeem-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-admin-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-100-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-cards-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/all-free-items-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.b2bonline.ph/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-guest-quest-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00005095.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5095 25752 bytes
SHA-256: 39228f3cc243d141a833301eabf66c773a0477e18a435719c3f2d1121c8b75d9
font_01_sfnt_off00008c57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8C57 2820 bytes
SHA-256: 96a70491b0783ad8c6fc9b11a18f021aa22c69ac41ee4499b781d16a1b99b689
font_02_sfnt_off000095f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x95F7 19108 bytes
SHA-256: d71fdc71681719fa07d9a4251c6f81e51c97b3e3c09852b3887fbcbdfee2df29