Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca16704c9452700e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.6 KB Created: 2021-07-01 21:07:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 72459754a5f73ca10c4a37a5e21faaca SHA-1: 5531e5c4ca575fcddc2db29fd0d8f321762a6805 SHA-256: ca16704c9452700e0e1efdb2a558b6c30bd5de8db40233aad15355829d790a45
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on domains associated with SEO link farms. The primary lure appears to be 'free generators' or 'game hacks' for popular games like TikTok, Roblox, and Coin Master. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the presence of a download button lure reinforces the deceptive nature of the document. The document likely serves as a lure to drive traffic to malicious sites or download further malware.

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.co/app/835599320/freer-pro-tiktok-fans-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-codes_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-card-no-humaon-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-roblox-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-and-builders-club-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/este-es-el-unico-hack-de-robux-funcionando_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-item-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-legit-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-inspect-elemt_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-make-a-free-roblox-shirt_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-games-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/i-got-this-shirt-for-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-stuff-for-free-on-roblox-catalog_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/speck-elements-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-cheat-codes-2021-pc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-5-ways_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-roblox-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/show-me-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-knvies-in-assassin-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intercraftgallery.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-robux_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_off000032f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32F7 22604 bytes
SHA-256: d310e641f3f0dd440888ecc14ff51e4a16988d0173af88986391c7516fd41f52
font_01_sfnt_off00006518.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6518 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 928591a89a078119ccc9f591d696700f7bb8d4d18c6648f681a52a6d4ad7cdb7