Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c0fbc4703579c27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.7 KB Created: 2021-06-03 11:47:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fbdc1a65ac6f54bed2213fbd1cf7a72e SHA-1: e9dd80b4607147abe8856e3856af5d018ecf401c SHA-256: 9c0fbc4703579c277e556ab1f098b37f55edc3d561bda56241c3d28334b7511c
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external resources, including a primary link to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body and heuristics suggest a lure related to game hacks and generators, aiming to trick users into visiting these malicious URLs. The presence of numerous PDF links also indicates a link farm, likely for SEO manipulation or to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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 https://netcdn.online/app/479516143/minecraft-client-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-links-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-that-actually-works_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-no-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/what-is-a-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-2021-bugmenot_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-hats-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-buy-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-download-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-offline-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/games-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-story-mode-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safe-hack-for-coin-master-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/clean-master-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-not-fake_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/windows-10-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hacks-for-gold-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-iosgods_GM406889139.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_004_off0000567d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x567D 26708 bytes
SHA-256: 3fba0f565746ccc7b92921591e06849ddcde656484c4f076858dde7eb0f5406a
font_01_sfnt_off00009227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9227 17644 bytes
SHA-256: 927258bdbefef78dc40aaa8e845622660e86aca2ed1985192404f02e600f902e