Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 999d9dec5df2ffd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.4 KB Created: 2021-05-12 16:01:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d61c3b90bfc202847ad7339705d80239 SHA-1: e1a740a86550b433b53f69b6abfb3b87c2e892f0 SHA-256: 999d9dec5df2ffd89763416744a338d2db5d77721a7b50c9a1112fd8ddaf983f
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs and a link farm, strongly suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious websites. The document body and extracted URLs indicate a lure for game hacks and cheats, a common social engineering tactic. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/coin-master-hack-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-money-links-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coinmaster-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/como-hackear-el-juego-coin-master-en-espaol_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-online-hack-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/easy-roblox-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-nintendo-switch_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master--hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-new-cards-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-story-mode-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-coin-master-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-spin-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-survey-or-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-gold-cards-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-pe-017-0-apk-free-download-android_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/real-free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/moonactive-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-earn_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.maddikanang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-games-that-actually-work-2021_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
stream_003_off000049e1.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x49E1 24156 bytes
SHA-256: 2736a52933c2e9f766e6172ccc9b03727229f78090386496623bdc2fe2b1afed
font_01_sfnt_off00008111.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8111 17716 bytes
SHA-256: c15a8689411d8cca9ab0759ab4c496fe9b4353d676dd738e300719e9588112ed