Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3cc2dccd9b44366…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 22:44:34 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c9bb3678ec6224b082133a6c0fce0330 SHA-1: e5031abc80144cbd798680bfbd2a7edb7fa373fc SHA-256: c3cc2dccd9b44366be6abdda94db26098069e8d81fbf6933f260f3f1221f3ecb
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links designed to lure users into downloading potentially unwanted or malicious content, masquerading as game hacks or currency generators. The primary redirector URL is http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/robux-download-game-hack, which is associated with known malicious infrastructure. The document body and heuristics indicate a pattern of SEO spam and redirection to exploit user interest in popular games.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9824

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/robux-download-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/minecraft-free-no-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/get-free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/windows-10-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/easy-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/do-roblox-admins-get-free-builders-club_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/how-to-hack-someones-minecraft-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/free-robux-no-verification-2021-ios_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/coin-master-free-spins-cheat-codes_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/does-roblox-premium-expire_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/free-coin-master-hacks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/free-robux-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/coin-master-free-spins--spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/pubg-300-uc-price-in-pakistan_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/coin-master-2021-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/free-spin-today-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/how-to-hack-in-roblox-prison-life_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/hack-codes-for-roblox-rb-wolrd-2_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/hack-coin-master-pc_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/free-robux-no-verification-no-download-2021_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_off00002b07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2B07 22128 bytes
SHA-256: ef164571bc478207d64e29d23cccede1a560b5f6427adf7502d5b302d514fea3
font_01_sfnt_off00005c53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5C53 19132 bytes
SHA-256: 65e99574e0ebd9224b7611d190469bc284736808a753a67128a7f1ec207522b9