Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d53e3eca3ec401fb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.0 KB Created: 2021-05-19 12:18:32 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c7eb701534698864e6ff557f5b76321f SHA-1: 95b0c6e5529e266202fa6c648c2c5d074a543259 SHA-256: d53e3eca3ec401fb17b4c8a3185870bbcdbc1a1a1d736882089b2b9648d964d6
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links designed to lure users into clicking on what appears to be a game hack or generator. These links redirect to a known malicious infrastructure that hosts a large number of other PDF files, likely part of a link farm or SEO manipulation scheme. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious, supporting the conclusion that it is part of a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9432

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/easy-roblox-today-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/websites-that-give-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-for-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-people-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-april-fools-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-mods-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-app-for-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-by-playing-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hack-me_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-november-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/ear-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-32-mod-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/wizard-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/complete-offers-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/fbchampion_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alloywheels.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-heaven-free-spins_GM406889139.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
stream_003_off00004bf0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4BF0 24532 bytes
SHA-256: 373d174ab42de56d21ed310c021f1740d5c439a38dcb62cdc0316b256bbf8f0c
font_01_sfnt_off00008446.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8446 5596 bytes
SHA-256: 9a13c2580265a78e8a7257496a31ee0055738af7e20a5661c2902efe4bf05ce5
font_02_sfnt_off000090ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x90EE 18364 bytes
SHA-256: e553aa4dc1eeda8b8c5a317bba368be2d7717273b9b6ea138d4861a68924f7c9