Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f8c203223a5e81e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.7 KB Created: 2021-05-19 05:33:05 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d7543b63b48fd07e9bb79d6a8cf70652 SHA-1: e60e5d9155fbbf505f0036a176e6891a8541d343 SHA-256: 9f8c203223a5e81ebf5d936ce1f005144891506afc169578beef92fc3abea055
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are disguised as game hacks or free generators, such as 'roblox-hack-ios-game-hack'. The presence of a fake CAPTCHA lure suggests an attempt to trick the user into interacting with the document, likely leading to malicious content or downloads. The document's structure and content indicate a phishing or scam attempt, leveraging popular game themes to entice clicks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8948

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • 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/431946152/roblox-hack-ios-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/wurst-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-spins-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/where-can-i-get-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-do-you-get-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-scam_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/links-to-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-march-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacks-for-minecraft-bedrock_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-apk-online_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coins-coin-master-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-matchcomfree-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-link_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-the-complete-handbook-collection_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coinmaster-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min1kebumen.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-by-playing-games_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_003_off00004b5e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B5E 27016 bytes
SHA-256: 2306f0c6a4fab0b32345d73aeaf24c5ebb15bb72c77403c5d7241d2a0eb4dd96
font_01_sfnt_off000088be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88BE 3500 bytes
SHA-256: e49a868379cd3c37e631c5a53c010e21f38d803532a2b8417aee82315d4e8634
font_02_sfnt_off00009460.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9460 18184 bytes
SHA-256: f12c7157a0abee9a7103123c9d307fa47fe2494659220a603733cc764a4b7828