Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcae18575e42af8d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:08:05 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 87b14bd4f3bc63a930e965ce23a7a26e SHA-1: 69ef1561c1c1eb67d49ed8814d509313b045d950 SHA-256: bcae18575e42af8d50dc45f08e065f7077d9b570129c46b2327fe98183039015
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous external links, many of which are disguised as 'game hacks' or 'free currency generators' for popular games like Roblox and Coin Master. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of these links, suggesting a tactic to manipulate search engine results or redirect users to malicious sites. The primary lure URL is http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-can-u-get-free-robux-game-hack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-can-u-get-free-robux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-hack-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-2021-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/minecraft-java-edition-key-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/roblox-person_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/fbchampion_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/earn-robux-by-watching-ads_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/daily-free-spin-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/free-robux-gen_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/free-robux-generator-for-kids_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-ios-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/how-do-i-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/how-many-levels-are-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-game-hunters-club_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.smpn1bambanglipuro.sch.id/repository/www-coin-master-hack_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_off00003244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3244 23052 bytes
SHA-256: c94f08e1c9f8e8ce2f5a840e555d80af8dee13d29c5109d57e223857b9a75ade
font_01_sfnt_off00006633.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6633 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 4698faf456f89a42db1aab957ed0472ea92275296e6b47032fd7fe1dc79199a2