Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bef25913d5d0b36e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.9 KB Created: 2021-06-03 08:07:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: ac93914bf938b8058cefe8efec3e2f79 SHA-1: 3df72a151024e4e7f42047d7729b39fc07ebac3a SHA-256: bef25913d5d0b36e711b24101e50e3b9e12d1cb23e92eb0a05c8db36457ee16a
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links designed to appear as 'free generators' or 'game hacks', a common lure for phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of such links, suggesting a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest an attempt to exploit user interest in free in-game items to drive traffic to malicious domains.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

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 https://netcdn.online/app/431946152/robux-generator-no-verification-needed-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/minecraft-linux-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-passwords_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/free-star-codes-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-and-chips_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-hair-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-version-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/minecraft-for-free-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/coin-master-unlimited-spin-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/i-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/free-coins-coin-master-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/free-online-games-like-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-any-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hacked-apk-download-for-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/hacked-client-for-minecraft-bedrock_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/minecraft-tools_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/free-spins-and-coins-blogspot-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://opac.umrah.ac.id/repository/minecraft-bedrock-edition-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off000050b7.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x50B7 25004 bytes
SHA-256: 827ae4443a2d74aa5ee2a413fd42a6e997fdf8e9bcddfbe5d67167cd403f6149
font_01_sfnt_off00008a87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A87 3884 bytes
SHA-256: 64ea6bfd232c3abde76d8b86727203bfa3f935a5783cd0c1f642cf6d3fb42b29
font_02_sfnt_off0000972f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x972F 18608 bytes
SHA-256: 76a5554e3e47316a6b3081b00f5b322b220aab90478a6a0827363aa6a41b3748