Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad71aff504af534a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.3 KB Created: 2021-06-03 06:04:23 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: bf4dbcc326013eb4507cead6e4a87abc SHA-1: 3f693db9afe69f82a3fc04e57f9b9539c1cf77d3 SHA-256: ad71aff504af534a572d6fa4aa313b3db769d530780b2c71baef3afca9c51b5e
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are identified as malicious redirectors or part of a link farm for game-related cheats and currency. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains a URL pointing to a 'coin master hack tool', reinforcing the lure. The presence of multiple external links and the nature of the lures suggest this document is designed to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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 https://netcdn.online/app/406889139/coin-master-hack-tool-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubg-uc-seagm_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/a-lot-of-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/download-coin-master-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-make-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-free-on-xbox-one_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-dominus-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/can-you-get-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/can-you-get-minecraft-for-free-on-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-items-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-do-we-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-2021-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-2021-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-116-apk-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-unlimited-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-roblox-free-on-nintendo-switch_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_off00004f73.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4F73 24196 bytes
SHA-256: 57780e1ffcae2a00a5f6855d413963aac14de20c6f8b516b8e6fa9bc3209ac7e
font_01_sfnt_off000086c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x86C5 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 811befa785f1ceb1181632f77b53e437429424eef4610f298aaee61bf5104641