Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5199f663941c512…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 19:49:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: adf16cc789e7651f04c73e4f4f45b14a SHA-1: c19d45085cd4e702fa8f864f351a862b1e3b564c SHA-256: b5199f663941c512fd8a932a52e20867faf9983d5074f94b449c53c42a61b389
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs, with a primary link pointing to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body and heuristic firings indicate a lure for free in-game currency (Robux, Coin Master spins) which is a common social engineering tactic. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.
  • 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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-robux-rewards-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-and-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-membership-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/daily-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-in-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-hack-spins-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/boost9-com-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-work-at-pizza-place-money-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-robux-and-tix-no-download-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-hack-2021-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-block-games-on-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-hack-apk-35-33_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-hacks-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-people-girl_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-get-any-item-in-roblox-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-yard-work-simulator-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-in-one-second_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-get-money-in-roblox-cheat-engine_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_off0000304e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x304E 21920 bytes
SHA-256: 8499b16543f542cc9e76113b47b2b3eec64fadbfc7790a69a5f9a64719e4f460
font_01_sfnt_off000060c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x60C4 19056 bytes
SHA-256: 5fd868e4ea22638534696fb0cd66a74addf388445670d9d0517416fd5b37f315