Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c239e18cb743cd80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.5 KB Created: 2021-07-09 17:05:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0a4cf061361deb32e34a2e9f0c047ddd SHA-1: 4d97fa27f434a9ff46b9974b2d88f1fc8895589b SHA-256: c239e18cb743cd80f4db6722ddccf920f03d6df2cc85e03e48421a0ba2143577
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links and a document body promoting 'free Robux' and 'game hacks', indicating a lure for users to visit potentially malicious websites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' suggests a large number of these links are designed for SEO manipulation, likely to drive traffic to scam or phishing pages. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be social engineering via deceptive content.

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/free-robux-generator-2021-no-human-verification-or-survey-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/best-free-roblox-tshirt-hoodie_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/google-play-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/unlimited-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-real-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-spins-on-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/try-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-and-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-hack-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-pink-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-anarchy-server-no-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coinmaster-rewards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-without-survey_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-a-roblox-account-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-realms-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hacked-version-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-promo-codes-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-list_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coins_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_off0000314a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x314A 22212 bytes
SHA-256: 5d8b1e85fc932cd818c0d39eeca8b403067b806eec424cae68717996792cc561
font_01_sfnt_off000062b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62B9 20028 bytes
SHA-256: c95f599563a13a8661a8d912b5a9bb1906bac0583db2f84c1a9fc087aebca576