Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a07707540eb31fc5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.1 KB Created: 2021-06-19 13:29:06 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 196edd7eab7895ab6dffbb02c9311aa1 SHA-1: 4a4413e8968c3ff264e5a951a310ba11d83fe69d SHA-256: a07707540eb31fc5e3e9dcce28e1383ff99959664022ea26c4fde34dfef985a6
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and extensive link farms, all disguised as 'free generators' or 'game hacks' for popular games like Roblox. The document body and embedded URLs strongly suggest a lure to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites, likely for financial gain or further malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/roblox-high-jump-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-meme_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-card-collection-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/games-on-roblox-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-cheat-piano-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-hacks-no-downloading_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-websites-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-roblox-account-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/moonactive-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-hack-no-survey_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/download-roblox-free-on-the-apple-store_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-hack-app-ios-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/is-there-a-way-to-get-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-hacks-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/clean-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/minecraft-hacks-wurst_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/www-bandicam-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fud.iain-surakarta.ac.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-com-real_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
font_00_sfnt_off00002fec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2FEC 22680 bytes
SHA-256: 04f9bad000ae1b6812ed0fc2f4174f23b62c0490e285e77f4b1a0f902b2ab04c
font_01_sfnt_off00006272.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6272 19684 bytes
SHA-256: 637b01662cd90f8288416d5fd6bb76b058fab618093cec718a85b4091a4f0e51