Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc49f5aafbd1060e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2021-07-06 09:09:37 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: e52b9ed728dcd9feba3e3cf80c412a5d SHA-1: b0f3b4fcc10b30a8e94651c7d2f79da7dcd799b1 SHA-256: bc49f5aafbd1060eae973de995fd1b546b0ca308f028989e034b2853074f5117
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links designed to lure users to websites offering game hacks and free items, which is a common phishing and scam tactic. Several critical heuristics indicate that the document links to malicious redirectors and is part of a link farm, suggesting a campaign to drive traffic to potentially harmful sites. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and embedded URLs strongly indicate a social engineering attack.

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.
  • 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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-roblox-groups-with-funds-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-23-march-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/bee-game-roblox-cheat-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-reddit_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-minig-simulator-v3rmillion_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robloxmatchcom-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-we-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hacks-that-actually-work_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-maps_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-use-a-loadstring-hub-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/www-coin-master-hack-tk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/skywars-roblox-how-to-get-free-mega-vip_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-hack-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/master-coin-hack-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/what-can-you-do-with-cheat-engine-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advanceenglish.com.au/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-jailbreak-editor-hack_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_off00003182.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3182 22492 bytes
SHA-256: fc42056b2e30b138c2955773f77840d484983e6a46ff65667654ca8ec4a1b7a0
font_01_sfnt_off0000640e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x640E 19728 bytes
SHA-256: 2cdd203eabba8abe9d03b117152df076ab5a5850af7c776b19f8c5001c53e9fc