Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aebe61ee8f7e4017…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.1 KB Created: 2021-07-04 17:52:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: fb0d9a928faf910be751208780fefbc0 SHA-1: caf32dbb4a2abd74b86da24d902a1f20af7b7683 SHA-256: aebe61ee8f7e4017e33b84ff337512ebcae977c013907e144eab08da9fa87132
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, including one pointing to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body and extracted links suggest a lure for game-related cheats and hacks, likely to lead users to malicious sites or phishing pages. The presence of multiple PDF links also indicates a link farm strategy to improve SEO for malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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.tw/app/406889139/coin-master-free-cards-link-2021-today-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/how-to-cheat-robux-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/roblox-jeailbreak-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac//repository/coin-master-mod-apk-latest-hack-with-unlimited-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac//repository/free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/hacked-tycoon-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac//repository/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/minecraft-bedrock-free-download-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac//repository/minecraft-free-version-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac//repository/google-play-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/how-to-hack-m-coins-mcpe-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/how-to-speed-hack-in-dungeon-quest-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/roblox-jailbreak-hacks-for-mac-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/how-to-cheat-in-miner-haven-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac//repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/free-roblox-redeem-codes-that-havent-been-used_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac//repository/coin-master-free-spin-codes_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/pokemon-go-free-quest-rewards_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elib.upiyptk.ac.id/opac/repository/minecraft-windows-10-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00003454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3454 22764 bytes
SHA-256: 03d604c1059512ad48d5fb95964e01825a16afc5fcdd96defdb0201f208ab922