Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d783a54cfd3b761…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.0 KB Created: 2021-05-13 00:30:59 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 673dea5fc7489efc04fdd28dc2e877f1 SHA-1: bd578c15bf764e2ae2ca09a2188b43f159c40f00 SHA-256: 8d783a54cfd3b761da1e8424dc34e112fd6425ef774fed69e889cab8b1c0ce6b
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are SEO-optimized for game cheats and free currency, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a malicious intent to trick users into clicking these links. The primary goal appears to be directing users to potentially malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/406889139/moonactive-coin-master-free-spins-link-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-free-spin-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/minecraft-bedrock-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/roblox-adopt-me-hacks-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/roblox-promo-codes-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/real-free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/download-hacked-games-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/kachifpro_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-new-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/free-robux-with-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free-on-computer_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-hack-tool-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-spin-link-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/hack-coin-master-no-survey_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coins-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-free-robux-fast-and-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/free-robux-gift-card-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wco.org.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-hack-online_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_off00004c4b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4C4B 25032 bytes
SHA-256: 879fe79ec37dab60567cedea56e4cc632c5e20d984195b9f2013bcd656b45ca2
font_01_sfnt_off00008602.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8602 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 5140a57a6990af64b86c6fc328de463115c3f290c56e1373822c3feaa5dc4a97