Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a69bdf658eeb174a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.0 KB Created: 2021-06-03 13:05:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 421e540b7f5faf923a2dc1aa09f74607 SHA-1: fe20d1b63f6dbb9552191b60cb40d772ba7dde4a SHA-256: a69bdf658eeb174abe273b9644052bfa5299e97471a8c25c35ac6f02a5aaeffc
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are related to game hacks and free generators, indicating a lure for users. The presence of a fake CAPTCHA heuristic suggests the document attempts to trick users into performing an action, likely to download a payload or visit a malicious site. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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.online/app/406889139/how-many-levels-in-coin-master-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-hack-apk-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/free-roblox-scripts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-25_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/minecraft-pe-apk-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/roblox-speed-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-collect-today-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/minecraft-redeem-code-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-doing-anything-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/apps-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/free-robux-hack-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/roblox-ban_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/http-bit-ly-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/free-roblox-promo-codes-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-rewards-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/dominus-roblox-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/how-to-play-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/easy-points-gg_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
stream_004_off000052c0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x52C0 24196 bytes
SHA-256: b4bb42a5e41b3b98e532c2a47062f6d15bf99910e0a99f30f3482e91339caf4b
font_01_sfnt_off000089f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x89F0 18076 bytes
SHA-256: 99893503d576b54c6a7779c175b2bfa9d44389b8fa70f32573e8e1493170e333