Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5a47d9ac99ac1d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.6 KB Created: 2021-06-18 03:28:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 9bd671456a741289f6ebd37d93642819 SHA-1: 48c1e382290630d02e7eca49e5fd9ea3477816d9 SHA-256: a5a47d9ac99ac1d4c93fc9e7e4f838d49fa0fde2d00537fba1731c20b1f4c0c6
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links to websites that appear to be part of a link farm, designed to lure users with promises of game hacks and free currency. The primary link, http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/how-to-earn-robux-in-roblox-free-game-hack, is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document's structure and content strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely using a spearphishing attachment as the initial access vector.

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/how-to-earn-robux-in-roblox-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-ios-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-arsenal-hacks-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-codes-for-new-dominus-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free-on-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/games-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-game-hack-tool-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-ore-finder-mod_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-2021-android_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/claimrbx-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-without-human-verification-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-skins-boy-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-script-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.behikeyacht.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification_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_off00002f09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F09 21732 bytes
SHA-256: 36d91cdc7c9fbee97e2d8c5528350a9f687b17a5e042994d226e4767621c1b1f
font_01_sfnt_off00005eee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5EEE 18768 bytes
SHA-256: 93014b5746fcf110d276302d78260e7f8ceb386f49d691a43441a698b913dfcb