Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a716a3f1c6818c19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.5 KB Created: 2021-06-25 16:01:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: ac65ce687697871fd1cae95113a6e2e3 SHA-1: 40faf8ec1b7af0148b43dbb3038dd5711bfde642 SHA-256: a716a3f1c6818c195f009c7bc1fb2e8c0f5b781bc49c4b8ea34d12dd88cc7c17
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 hosted on clinicamanila.com and appear to be part of a link farm designed to attract users searching for free in-game currency like Robux. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for 'free Robux', likely directing users to malicious sites or phishing pages. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive link farm and ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/free-robux-no-survey-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-instantly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-gratis-sin-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-group_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-ipad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-glitch_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/best-free-minecraft-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-followers-no-survey_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-it-illegal-to-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-app-for-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-promo-code-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-use-grab-knife-roblox-no-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buy-tiktok-followers-free_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-earn-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/play-full-version-of-minecraft-for-free-no-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/best-free-minecraft-texture-packs_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicamanila.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux_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_off0000307a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x307A 21860 bytes
SHA-256: 9d3d509e6cac6887d51c28db40591b745c9e005ec3eaf1d1925d7affffbdcc09
font_01_sfnt_off00006089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6089 19412 bytes
SHA-256: 557cd4ff1cdcc6ddeeb504a78cf656726b6531327401b9b9325794dfd1bf45bf