Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cca2cd528f070fa9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.9 KB Created: 2021-05-14 09:35:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 33ce1dfed562f4afd602d8e25344fb1c SHA-1: d508c871033ea6375b81ea326e97bbc058b2df05 SHA-256: cca2cd528f070fa9eddb4cdd33dafe9ddf1336c2893dee68abab1a92cd7e5546
162 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document employs a lure related to game hacks and free generators, directing users to external URLs. It contains a significant number of links to other PDFs, suggesting a link farm or SEO manipulation tactic. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the overall structure points towards a phishing or potentially malicious content distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/free-minecraft-server-hosting-24-7-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/fan-page-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-mod-apk-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-exploits_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-roebucks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-skins-xbox-one_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-iphone-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/microsoft-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-or-download-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-kid-friendly-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-builders-club_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-today-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-vip-server_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-apk-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.orbai.ai/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/gain-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://education.minecraftIn 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_003_off00004ee5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4EE5 29000 bytes
SHA-256: 673bb2aebae52571e75a1aa53e1c17db18f866ed7b3ad9afecdab8212924ed9a
font_01_sfnt_off000090da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x90DA 18352 bytes
SHA-256: 91a7490c887560cf1db9cb18ebb1e2a98db2d1ca6a1740dfb9f9cb38742cb9c1