Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ba3ad0799f08dda8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 06:05:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: ce0c569d6f8a1e3118e9bff5dd88e372 SHA-1: 42b8b114ac5656588996df28a88c84fc046ea3b2 SHA-256: ba3ad0799f08dda88c7ccc8bd595e42bf564435a61df540493180223e68a731f
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, including a known malicious redirector. The document's content and heuristics suggest a lure for users to download a file, potentially a game hack or generator, which is often a pretext for malware delivery. The presence of a password-protected archive lure further indicates an attempt to bypass security measures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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-roblox-hair-to-wear-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-things-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-the-bank_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-for-pc-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/robux-gratis_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/is-roblox-free-on-xbox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/how-can-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-account-and-password_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-pet-adopt-me-roblox-code_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/minecraft-hacks-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-somebodys-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-robux-thumbnail_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/hack-roblox-200-primeros-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-accounts-for-roblox-with-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/innovation-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-no-website-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-soins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today_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
font_00_sfnt_off000037be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x37BE 22348 bytes
SHA-256: 9afa3cb1a6201d236990d92da38e5a2d2d9bdb705141f59bc94666f13482663e
font_01_sfnt_off0000693d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x693D 18968 bytes
SHA-256: 6830364f4dd1ddd86c6562c867680beb6ccb518dd817f0071f92a4a80892b398