Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abb61cd63867ad19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.6 KB Created: 2021-05-12 01:31:48 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1b5ad13c35e9b9ff68b3fdbd3e2f1fbd SHA-1: d3d483d2fc870716e253ca6ab39c2adbbfb2e1f5 SHA-256: abb61cd63867ad19a6b71979d02238dc17d03cb88fe48e4ec185190f7eb285e6
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on domains associated with link farms and SEO manipulation. The primary lure appears to be 'free Robux' or game hacks, with one URL impersonating Amazon. The document's structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF's nature as a lure for external content is clear.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9507

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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-hacker-us-game-hack.
  • 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/431946152/free-robux-hacker-us-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-clothes-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-email_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/best-site-for-free-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/roblox-ban_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-premium-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-no-root_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-coins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/best-free-spins-link-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/complete-offers-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/official-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-gifts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-masters_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/coin-master-mod-apk-unlimited-spin-download-free-full-version_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-unirow.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-and-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00004b6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4B6D 23972 bytes
SHA-256: 4f52aa0e83b68c8611de97f3e01848f530113fa59e10877b0eeb6f6f1e85c9e8
font_01_sfnt_off00008215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8215 3656 bytes
SHA-256: 63a179d8a9645bea05c6d53b1776faf4e4a7281930de6cf484e639846bec2e20
font_02_sfnt_off00008ece.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8ECE 18600 bytes
SHA-256: be32b0f906764c1f2317decc7ac5a24a5975e1ace61028a3a9703984df87bb8b