Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9748a4f064867ef4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.2 KB Created: 2021-05-13 10:05:41 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d1bf884124074467266a4f05f5ea1b86 SHA-1: 7a70c2c781e2de41e6188d6ccf2be28351064836 SHA-256: 9748a4f064867ef40eafa6ede270d7f3e630adf07a4f9aecb5c385ac2636bcfa
240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous links to known malicious redirectors and a link farm, masquerading as free game hacks and generators. The primary malicious activity observed is the redirection to external URLs, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The malformed stream length heuristic suggests an attempt to hide malicious content within the PDF structure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9628

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.
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-robux-only-username-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-hack-a-roblox-account-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-skin-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-do-you-hack-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-gold-cards-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/google-moon-active_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-spins-for-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-cheat-codes_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-robux-no-verification-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-cheat-codes-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-spins-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-free-spins-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/microsoft-bing-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/apps-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/2021-free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-arsenal-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/blox-supply-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/hack-coin-master-android-2021_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_off00004a14.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A14 24976 bytes
SHA-256: 551453f216ec8261a484ce31d39dd4523492d7dd5049a10c77edfc5349ad802b
font_01_sfnt_off00008342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8342 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_02_sfnt_off00009053.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9053 18860 bytes
SHA-256: f1337887e63f46ec65b145f76804780e669468724c6330ac6fa0452b843b30d3