Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c52622dde6e3b3be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 17:27:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: dd814622fbb6b5f5609078ade218590f SHA-1: 0ed65b0cb9bda239100baff1bd2e5c164f5fb792 SHA-256: c52622dde6e3b3bedb2cfd087f82319d7516f9ced5e103192a6778c956532beb
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to websites offering game hacks and free in-game currency, such as Coin Master and Roblox. One critical heuristic identified a link to a known malicious redirector, and another noted a large number of external PDF links, suggesting a link farm designed for SEO manipulation. The document body and extracted URLs strongly indicate a social engineering lure to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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/406889139/coin-master-hack-pro-gamers-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-someones-account-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-mobile-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-o-get-free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-instantly-no-cache-legit_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/best-free-spins-link-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-hack-on-phone-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-support_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/adventure-by-cheat-codes-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-just-click_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-can-i-get-free-coinsn-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-synapse-download-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/elysium-bros-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning10.man1kotalubuklinggau.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-link_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
stream_002_off00003168.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3168 21940 bytes
SHA-256: 59392ce9a0e460c6a5f3eb554dee0cce764669bdc8c8f156013ae3d9f94851ea
font_01_sfnt_off000061d5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61D5 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 42eb204123647df6f85ca188dd99f1d84b9bafa3d0fb5c7709fcc50fb0944608