Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc643d4154de6265…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2021-06-11 10:25:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5a61a5af634ce31bbd4d9eb390d83680 SHA-1: 81a5c1f3c8cb35ad22d0801be34c933e5cd36378 SHA-256: bc643d4154de62653da73f49a74ec98d342c9e22c3c5a4da0cb41da905896954
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, masquerading as 'free generators' for popular games. The document impersonates the Walmart brand to trick users into clicking these links, which likely lead to further malicious content or credential harvesting. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9832

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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/check-cashed-v3-roblox-hacks-game-hack.
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/check-cashed-v3-roblox-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/grabpoints-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-marketplace-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-a-minecraft-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-password-hacker_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/change-your-birthday-to-this-date-for-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-rape-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-groups-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-or-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-help-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-put-codto-get-free-robuxe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roebucks-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleshashop.net/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-cheats-deutsch-pc_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_004_off00005584.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5584 27160 bytes
SHA-256: 65fe7bc34f50e3c06cd287f0172be2b5883ed6cd4d32c94a508fca43e73b2726
font_01_sfnt_off00009474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9474 18832 bytes
SHA-256: c333e694f93c46633e760d597c572b010fa109cc39d3b718bb7ace4079c68c8e