Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9233b35e8435fe77…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.2 KB Created: 2021-06-11 09:35:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 5cb0217f124029dc8b9cfcc39a9f5da6 SHA-1: 1b3cadd60ec8b13e594828fa304d0ee864afe57a SHA-256: 9233b35e8435fe779746fcae604dee52ee28963de5f12b5c862484a9da968b65
240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically promoting 'free generator / game hack' lures. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to 'Bananaman2021 Free Robux' and a URL matching the malicious redirector. This indicates a phishing or scam attempt designed to lead users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9607

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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/bananaman2021-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokemon-go-free-pokecoins_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-gold-cards-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-1-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-minecraft-skins_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-army-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey-no-download-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/websites-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-land-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-on-phone_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-roebucks-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ways-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-old-roblox-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-facebook-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-new_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-help-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins--spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop.mercurytekindo.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-games-online-free-no-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off000053b5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x53B5 27356 bytes
SHA-256: b27cda0749f0e100dda6f14258fd1f1d768dbc0c2481fbae45c6d2339ec704dc
font_01_sfnt_off000091c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x91C5 3884 bytes
SHA-256: 40b61f8938bd710dc29dc58ba3fde91c245a6a69596ec569b4d27c769ca417cf
font_02_sfnt_off00009e68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9E68 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_03_sfnt_off0000ab7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAB7A 18904 bytes
SHA-256: 47c816801a2f4cefb3c9aff385450d0430bf8b70c3e9424c39300a963a7fa38a