Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1ca982071c90f08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.8 KB Created: 2021-06-20 07:17:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1a80b7a70dfb6734dac1c7bb228c13ec SHA-1: aa33876302dcf3dcc7e94cb89c4d04c9a19ea7fb SHA-256: a1ca982071c90f08e6a5472727938244c57d7ee551cc42733058f953217c8f7e
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, including one pointing to a known malicious redirector, designed to lure users into clicking on 'free generator' or 'game hack' content. The document body and heuristics indicate a phishing attempt related to game cheats and currency. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest a phishing or redirection 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/its-free-roblox-meme-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/robux-premium_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-make-dance-party-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-hack-version-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/coin-master-hack-ios-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-how-to-get-free-hats-on-roblox-high-school_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/free-roblox-accounts-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/btools-hack-roblox-2021-not-rar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-no-generator-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-backpacking-hack-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-hacks-for-free-robux-2021-febuary_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/hacks-to-get-money-on-roblox-jailbreak_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/free-roblox-card-code-generator-2021-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/roblox-deep-space-tycoon-hack-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/bux-life-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/free-roblox-in-game-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/ways-to-earn-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-tapaktuan.go.id/pustaka/repository/what-is-the-free-robux-code_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_off00002d6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2D6B 22148 bytes
SHA-256: a2827fe9bb17c05bd2b549094ce87d7105028705015105e0da5749d546b082ab
font_01_sfnt_off00005e9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5E9A 19208 bytes
SHA-256: 6578b435b028202ae93c90a7c4d1ed6e3c16bc58d103230796bab832305f99d4