Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a3ff9ffdd058538a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.9 KB Created: 2021-05-19 17:20:34 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 2f19df74e320cc5eb720c96cf561f554 SHA-1: 6f23ee96334ab8f7e05b5b2dbc85f8964d2b0f0e SHA-256: a3ff9ffdd058538a618364b76a7147fa841ca26a20a4bcc2fe06e6f494e1cb97
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a large number of external links, many of which are SEO-optimized and point to other PDF documents, suggesting a link farm designed to attract users searching for game-related cheats or free downloads. The presence of a direct download URL and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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/479516143/minecraft-java-for-free-game-hack
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ways-to-earn-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-no-verification_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spin-generator_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-script-hack_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/games-that-give-free-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-pc-game-free-download_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-giveaway-live_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-human-verification_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-site_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-youthnow_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-master_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-november-2021_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-windows_GM479516143.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bit-ly-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.polresbadung.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-link-download_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

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pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x862D 17992 bytes