Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98e422778ad30028…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-06-28 23:58:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 673b41aa3a2b9cf5e094995c0fa8a4d5 SHA-1: efd0c4baf2355a32a926180f0ac2f379cb83e8c6 SHA-256: 98e422778ad3002834e16d4424824ae42597ddfc5785b09f0221b2b2e98adc5e
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous external links, many with game-related keywords, suggesting a link farm designed to lure users to potentially malicious sites. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is intended to trick users into clicking links that could lead to malware downloads or other harmful content. The ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/hack-roblox-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-strategy_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-https-coinms-net_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/get-free-tiktok-likes_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/free-realistic-minecraft-texture-packs_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-ios-cydia_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/free-redeem-exclusive-virtual-item-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/coin-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/master-coin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/roblox-com-games-referrer-roblox-player_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/how-to-host-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-play-now_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/robux-for-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/official-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/hack-roblox-robux-and-tix_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/free-links-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-spin-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cgalgeria-dubai.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-pc_GM479516143.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_off00002fca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2FCA 22984 bytes
SHA-256: fc8d0d84a92a932582421bb8118a3fd054c4419f33993a43012250d0e25ca610
font_01_sfnt_off000062bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62BD 19056 bytes
SHA-256: 7af285f97e3dec95b647fc809784b86b997e27abb9e933d99ece8fc5688b9abe