Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae385bd2515e2950…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.5 KB Created: 2021-05-13 11:19:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5572536366cb710a9f14448c19e49a32 SHA-1: bf5e605f971a1ddf26ff4d54e563919d2ff7ded3 SHA-256: ae385bd2515e2950427ea930afede9db4fde99649027ceafee4ba9e8929c40ee
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a common social engineering tactic, luring users with promises of game hacks and free currency. The embedded link, identified as 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/20210-robux-game-hack', is designed to redirect users to a malicious website. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this file, and the PDF structure indicates it's intended to facilitate initial access via a user-clicked link.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 4

  • 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.xyz/app/431946152/20210-robux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-change-your-name-in-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-2021-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-start-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-015-0-apk-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-world-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-make-a-free-minecraft-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/clean-master-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-app-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-500-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-groups-with-funds_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/claim-gg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/100-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-freebies_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-ipad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhs.or.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hacks-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
stream_003_off0000484e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x484E 24468 bytes
SHA-256: ef7a8ce6630bb2d14335874eed44f135ca3c897f0e028e6ce446c3b8e4640c1a
font_01_sfnt_off00007fd1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FD1 18252 bytes
SHA-256: c6c6b837e22de3676a2ba596b9db5dc5a1db3890ceafc7e2998a39c6caf756de