Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b8ddfec4e72b53e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.5 KB Created: 2021-05-13 10:06:08 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: fe738ac410249a032833bf567ea8a784 SHA-1: 841e1acdcc20c3615b3221efb47afb2be892b6ea SHA-256: b8ddfec4e72b53e3dd25877871467a1a09ef942cd2b90ff6c798685081a9de99
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are designed to appear as game hack generators or free currency sites. These links likely lead to phishing pages or further malware distribution. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the PDF structure suggests a link farm designed for SEO manipulation to attract victims.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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/robux-com-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-tool-india_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-classic-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-or-surveys_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/lastrick-com-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-links-to-get-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-unlimited-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-dungeons-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-the-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/spin-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/download-coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-coin-master-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-apk-with-fb-login-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-new_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verification-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verify-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-learning.mtsdditakkalasi.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-link-haktuts-hacking-news_GM406889139.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_off00004a64.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A64 26256 bytes
SHA-256: 70c814d8604057721fb08c98e3cd1ea92b6d8476d68f2fdaaf65c7df5a8b3f83
font_01_sfnt_off000087d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x87D9 18276 bytes
SHA-256: 15a0db03ecad41b32ad15729058012b5ee1d917146ec7af3e780186d41394abc