Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad147ebb932a0b28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.6 KB Created: 2021-06-03 09:46:14 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 079026e280e40632d80957d9d57e7635 SHA-1: d77b4e6c68ec34851b369c732eaa5b7f2121038c SHA-256: ad147ebb932a0b28cef51749047949d7ab49abdf9495d76704e139da9337e25d
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are presented as generators or hacks for popular games like Minecraft and Coin Master. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of these links, suggesting a link farm or SEO abuse tactic. The primary URL, 'https://netcdn.online/app/479516143/minecraft-mojang-free-game-hack', is directly associated with a game hack lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' flag strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content or phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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/479516143/minecraft-mojang-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/collect-free-spin-linms-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spain_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/free-spins-for-coin-master-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/robux-sign_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/roblox-money-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/minecraft-games-to-play-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/roblox-games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-mac_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/minecraft-com-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/free-robux-co_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-verification-required_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/daily-coin-master-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/coin-master-game-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.unla.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-com_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_off00004fd9.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4FD9 24888 bytes
SHA-256: ca103daa9421cfa9346e6d16f40ab633d5b9575350be88a1f40a306b6fa73ed8
font_01_sfnt_off00008805.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8805 18188 bytes
SHA-256: b5f50bf57dfccd752109e4182842bacf3724a00f1b96a34c084e43a5ee255f71