Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93c832f9a6ecafc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.3 KB Created: 2021-05-16 17:45:06 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: c2c7998d42a55f07807e6b126360885c SHA-1: 18d036f00af9cf6f577a74318174925fde0e8ccf SHA-256: 93c832f9a6ecafc2f0e9bf9c771cfb910d82991ad5edf93031f4e898f9bf1e48
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links designed to redirect users to game hack generators and other PDF files, indicating a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The presence of a download button lure and ML classification further support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, but the document body and heuristics point to a social engineering attempt to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8696

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.xyz/app/406889139/spin-coin-master-hack-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/200-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-for-kids_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/appsmob-info-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-games-that-actually-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-scam_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-online-hack-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-no-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-android-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-com_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-100-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-can-i-get-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-bonus_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bidship.co.za/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hacks-for-cards_GM406889139.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_003_off0000477e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x477E 29400 bytes
SHA-256: 0a1e3168943da57ae9899ccbb173f8ffb83daa4f36fcbfc82981c66389c5211a
font_01_sfnt_off000087c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x87C3 3380 bytes
SHA-256: 1dd933c112880b232546f3aab6a17784a8f412d39fd551cc6eb31c5a04c3ce57
font_02_sfnt_off000093ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x93AB 17892 bytes
SHA-256: a3a1b04a82279d9b81c305d9015fdfbc4eb608af79be49bd49bec6a16d15ba5c