Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad87a3e2376e7b48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.0 KB Created: 2021-06-19 03:44:51 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 075221c9943a95d0f792ef50b19082ec SHA-1: 79dbd238428e4a29657e60ee49a129076953c507 SHA-256: ad87a3e2376e7b481a10613e86ea4c39ff0cd9e7ef29625468fc0fc0ed87dd06
182 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document employs a common lure of game hacks and free currency to entice users. It contains a large number of external links, many of which appear to be part of a link farm designed to improve SEO for malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and a password hint suggests the document is intended to facilitate the download of a password-protected malicious payload. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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/roblox-crc7-hack-admin-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/free-money-and-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/hack-coin-master-android-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id//repository/coin-master-hack-no-verification-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/is-there-a-free-way-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id//repository/robux-withdraw_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/how-to-cheat-on-roblox-twisted-murderer_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-account-and-password-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-a-cape-in-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/blox-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id//repository/freerubux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/free-robux-hack-legit_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/roblox-robux-hack-online-generator-tool-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/roblox-accounts-for-sale-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/free-robux-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/coin-master-mod-apk-unlimited-spin-download-free-full-version_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/free-for-all-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spins-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.poltekkes-palangkaraya.ac.id//repository/free-robux-com-no-verification_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_off000031fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31FB 22168 bytes
SHA-256: 35fc78aae8ffb2c30efe413cc0e77399c14ff2bc7339c0d04f3e8b32e56206e3
font_01_sfnt_off00006335.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6335 19268 bytes
SHA-256: a5df5ec25a9fc39277722a8aedd9f53fcb51d1984de9c35cadb3756f13754500