Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb292fceda3e843a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.3 KB Created: 2021-05-17 16:19:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 5d3c55568d41e357eb4dc1f972387dea SHA-1: e63d1ef357f9705d5225b55bef2026cb2d780d7d SHA-256: bb292fceda3e843a40f857f9ba84a37c581f6569eacf412afb9fe20e7e7cb8ca
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains multiple links to external sites, including a known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body and extracted links suggest a lure for game-related cheats and currency, likely intended to lead users to phishing or malware download sites. The presence of numerous SEO-optimized PDF links further indicates a campaign to drive traffic to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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.
  • 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.
  • 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/coin-master-hack-fast-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/game-give-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-daily-summary_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-coins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-many-levels-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-gen_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-creative-mode-in-minecraft-server-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-android-1_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-only_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/what-is-coin-master-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verifying-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/today-coin-master-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-pets-in-adopt-me-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-but_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-coins-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-alt-accounts_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-ios-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-generator_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_off00004add.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4ADD 24940 bytes
SHA-256: 7837f090b67368757b73997cd2a92a2b4f5d3a8db6b17aba4dd0e5d85ed3fafd
font_01_sfnt_off00008480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8480 17880 bytes
SHA-256: 2efdef3fd2f59ea81db594e192353872d83e83ccb870d2af1caf7a2c1a824eb1