Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd2e6768bc449234…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.2 KB Created: 2021-06-11 01:44:23 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 8a18345f9cbbce01a37d36a4d688af53 SHA-1: fcd2d7f4b6a768d9c1340bac5ba98b120499f95c SHA-256: cd2e6768bc449234a9afe94eceedbfb8547288d6aeda42429c55bebe4876089f
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are disguised as game-related resources like 'free robux' or 'coin master spins'. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of such links, suggesting a link farm designed to attract users with promises of free items. The primary lure URL, 'https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/real-ways-to-get-free-robux-game-hack', reinforces this scam-like behavior. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially malicious sites or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

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 https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/real-ways-to-get-free-robux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/how-can-you-get-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/google-play-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/robuxy-com-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/free-daily-coin-master-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/free-robux-picture_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/games-that-give-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/coin-master-spin-link-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-dis_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/need-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/how-to-hack-coin-master-game-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/robux-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/free-minecraft-coloring-pages_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/how-to-get-a-free-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/free-robux-without-downloads-roblox-november-december-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/how-to-get-roebucks-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/ways-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/get-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/get-free-minecraft-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/pokemon-go-free-and-nintendo-switch_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stttekstil.ac.id/elib/repository/how-to-hack-in-roblox-prison-life_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
font_00_sfnt_off00004ad6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4AD6 24396 bytes
SHA-256: 50cd0150b2fa57b3e0d960ad123ab53e7317eae8da792229b6326f3eb39b9e4f
font_01_sfnt_off00008303.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8303 2820 bytes
SHA-256: 972979c3a46100cf5f8fd289bc6fbd2496ff75fec0e3f6753648c72ec6eba714
font_02_sfnt_off00008ca3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8CA3 18800 bytes
SHA-256: 6de9497387f799e15205b918b4d569336679bfc9dcdf225efca5af55546eba4c