Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ee687ce7a103c23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.6 KB Created: 2021-06-03 17:09:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 25b5f4daa126881865b0951864c7305f SHA-1: cc3358d5f7206a822f02022e4c78fadf91b41fc4 SHA-256: 8ee687ce7a103c23afcb9706a0d0d66d9f061b03b5df99b731463643ebb4aa08
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains numerous links designed to lure users into clicking on what appear to be game hack or free currency generators. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of external links, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The primary URL, https://netcdn.online/app/406889139/coin-master-free-spins-blogspot-game-hack, is presented as a lure for game cheats, which is a common social engineering tactic to drive traffic to malicious or scam websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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 https://netcdn.online/app/406889139/coin-master-free-spins-blogspot-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-free-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robuxhub-net_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-computer_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-accounts-with-followers_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-likes-generator_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-girl-hair-not-a-model_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-anti-bot-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-apk-mod_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-download-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/game-hunters-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-download-apps-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-hacks-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watch-videos-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hacks-for-free-spins_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_off00005437.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5437 25516 bytes
SHA-256: fa6bec4ba9880c94ddabcbcbb383978e71fc2ffc35a6a6d3d9bfbed5cf2db0ff
font_01_sfnt_off00008f24.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8F24 18464 bytes
SHA-256: 7f13c81e41627db5de1fdc011b77043c9877b216986226f08b9acd2eded814ce