Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c450bb01fdb5e85e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.0 KB Created: 2021-05-16 19:42:56 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 059dd88fbc76deeffffa257fceb23564 SHA-1: c17079d3be448bb94c16f6c514a5d928f9b6a19d SHA-256: c450bb01fdb5e85e58115d57d301d62ac35245d138cec3c76fcc340168d6448a
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free generators' and 'game hacks'. The document body, though partially obfuscated, contains a primary URL that aligns with the heuristic findings of a malicious redirector. The presence of numerous external links suggests a link farm or SEO poisoning tactic to drive traffic to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8948

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-roblox-script-executor-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-coins-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-coin-master-spins-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/jailbreak-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-ids-for-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-role-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-attack-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/claim-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/50-free-spins-coin-master-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/www-roblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-with-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-builders-club-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-online-games-like-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-in-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-host-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-auto-miner-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1metro.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-survey_GM431946152.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_003_off00004c28.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4C28 28068 bytes
SHA-256: 464b4077d10b60e1803087083d341cea20ddb4022eeb81f84c8b404de7360a66
font_01_sfnt_off00008b12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B12 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off000094c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x94C3 18488 bytes
SHA-256: 2f4c38176d8cbab07fd1bda2893835b696516e96c8cac9602066249ab90f5718