Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e28c1001de56723…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.5 KB Created: 2021-06-09 16:33:09 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 01f8655aca1be40e594d3b2b680fab5d SHA-1: c926eb14220a0dcc8c9f8f9bf10033bcbe4a40a1 SHA-256: 8e28c1001de567236ed0b33245b4b6b3ff625754e19101d22702b146e2a3d0f7
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 lure users with promises of game hacks and generators. One prominent URL, https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/roblox-free-no-download-online-game-hack, is identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though partially obfuscated, also contains references to game hacks and the same redirector URL, reinforcing the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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.tw/app/431946152/roblox-free-no-download-online-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-34-4-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-games-download-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/promo-codes-for-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/pokemon-go-free-7-km-eggs_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/free-robux-groups-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-no-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-spins-and-coins-unlimited-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-download-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-2021-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-links-that-don-t-expire_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/minecraft-apk-free-download-016-0_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/minecraft-apk-download-free-11-055_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-roblox-hair_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/archery-master-3d-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-2021-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-passwords_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.ftunismabekasi.ac.id/repository/comapp-trekfree-coin-spindaily-link-master_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_004_off0000526e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x526E 25648 bytes
SHA-256: 753f82305f62d75c88a491c70b54c79cf59f4c1c132fa6968d71d563b530f710
font_01_sfnt_off00008d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8D83 18804 bytes
SHA-256: fe06132ee208fbec156b950fae2fdcdb05158341409e4f19f89e2c25b86e2ffc