Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 987603a5e9210c25…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.7 KB Created: 2021-06-19 06:19:25 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: df9eaeb5e012f574baaf2099994e98ee SHA-1: cdce3b8b464cf7587134123cac5b5956dc85b53d SHA-256: 987603a5e9210c254d07c96f2e5109f9b78ccd9dbe616cccf2bbb6906d6a72c7
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of game hacks and free items to trick users into clicking malicious links. It contains numerous links to redirectors and SEO-optimized PDF files, suggesting a campaign to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites. The embedded content, while obfuscated, points towards the use of JavaScript for handling these links, likely to facilitate further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/how-to-hack-roblox-jailbreak-speed-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/roblox-snow-shoveling-simulator-free-santa-bag-infinity_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/games-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/cheat-for-tickets-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-sword-fighting-tournament-on-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/coin-master-spin-ml_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/coin-master-spin-rewards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/skin-roblox-xbox-free-code_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/roblox-booga-booga-fly-hack-may-26-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-fast-and-easy-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/roblox-sunset-city-how-to-sell-furniture-no-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/how-to-change-your-roblox-username-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/hack-roblox-bee-swarm_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-new_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/hack-websites-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-human-verification-and-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.akper-serulingmas.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-people-on-roblox_GM431946152.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
font_00_sfnt_off000034c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34C6 23164 bytes
SHA-256: eb061cb6fd2af7f7260aa3a53db044036b30ed9a8af07f2d1a32b9270dce74ed
font_01_sfnt_off0000691d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x691D 19456 bytes
SHA-256: cf7e22360747ade9ad50360059c7ae99e1b8a1c535f96f9d34adec09b38efc9f