Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca033691b5b16803…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.2 KB Created: 2021-07-05 12:11:34 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b6550061158949329be0249602f4ad36 SHA-1: 839004a68a2d3caa7ff6c1236c405a3c34b3107b SHA-256: ca033691b5b16803380d01b362761bd53206c62622b93fd271b2ea7ecc50abde
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are disguised as game hacks or cheats for popular games like Minecraft and Roblox. The primary URL, http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/download-minecraft-java-edition-free-game-hack, is identified as a redirector lure. The presence of a link farm and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content or malware downloads.

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/479516143/download-minecraft-java-edition-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/cheating-roblox-thumbnail_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/fkrepository/repository/roblox-games-with-free-boombox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/coin-master-hack-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/fkrepository/repository/coin-master-game-hacks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/fkrepository/repository/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/roblox-cheat-engine-bypass-december_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/fkrepository/repository/cheat-codes-mad-city-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/fkrepository/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-blogger_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/free-v-bucks-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/fkrepository/repository/minecraft-free-install_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-get-hacks-in-jailbreak-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/break-free-id-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-get-hacking-skill-roblox-entry-point_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/free-spins-coin-master-2021-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/elibrary/repository/change-money-in-roblox-using-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibraryfk.unjani.ac.id/fkrepository/repository/hack-coin-master-ios-download_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_off00003342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3342 22412 bytes
SHA-256: faeacc49ffc04d238f3e4013c48ce0d7cfe7733c4f938fc655431904bace6437
font_01_sfnt_off00006517.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6517 18856 bytes
SHA-256: e95e0befe6b0f5e52bf26004d68c5314d9c4319229837ab9b7c393f21c81bf12