Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c45d5156ad962a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.3 KB Created: 2021-06-03 17:12:51 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 1035f15a754710035807737fe419c7c8 SHA-1: f71224a1fe0e1bb107c9612054bc3a8530426a4d SHA-256: 9c45d5156ad962a75ac0cfb3ec6ed61fff436734e9ff549d709368dc400254ea
260 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains multiple links designed to trick users into believing they can get free game-related items, such as Robux or Coin Master spins. These links redirect to malicious infrastructure, including a known redirector and a large number of SEO-optimized PDF links, likely to obscure the final malicious destination. The presence of a fake CAPTCHA heuristic further suggests an attempt to trick the user into performing an action that could lead to exploitation or further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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/431946152/free-robux-no-generator-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-apkmody_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-a-cape-in-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-card-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spain_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/heroes-online-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiktok-comments-free_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spin-link-coin-master-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-dungeons-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-com-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-tool-access-online-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-app-for-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-exploits_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-not-banned-2021_GM431946152.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_004_off00005372.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5372 26184 bytes
SHA-256: fe4433382c6a2c92106d065c3f9b308c8a0ece6e4a25ca43f67aed775864c6bc
font_01_sfnt_off00008fc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8FC2 2888 bytes
SHA-256: 91a0dfc9f0efccabae6e83d84a0892625be3ee7eb3362f639c2b1d2de25fac40
font_02_sfnt_off000099ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x99AC 18344 bytes
SHA-256: d0a2580a9848789708f711aeedd4c44eef26827bf748da476089155bc80243e8