Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a0c88611be3313c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.0 KB Created: 2021-07-03 19:17:44 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3c3b673ee8cb9a072fc28a12d6f129e4 SHA-1: 60286ff458db3ad876e130e39631e05ccffa6b23 SHA-256: a0c88611be3313c303571b014381f0b93899d48a0c81a0796e84a40cb5915e02
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links, including one that redirects to malicious infrastructure. The document body and extracted URLs suggest a lure for free game items or hacks, which is a common social engineering tactic. The presence of numerous PDF links indicates a link farm designed to attract traffic.

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.tw/app/479516143/free-minecraft-games-for-kids-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-human-verifacaition_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-passwords_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-level-3_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-redeem-codes-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-codes-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-do-i-get-free-robux-without-hacking_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-pc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/earn-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-online-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-no-survey_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/tiktok-free-real-likes_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/pokemon-go-free-mask_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-tiktok-followers-no-human-verification-or-survey_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-game-shut-down-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elma.mtsn10jakarta.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-my-game-xyz-coin-master_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
font_00_sfnt_off000031c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31C5 23140 bytes
SHA-256: 4eb81c85dc12dc682fa81103263f3c924d695a02860662fed2248f290ae49341
font_01_sfnt_off000065ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x65CE 18432 bytes
SHA-256: fce0cee9bb026e9b658c5a6be084441bf5d333caf380f9a351f6fa516673a190