Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d60005c1f705d95c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.9 KB Created: 2021-05-13 01:12:44 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: a72a5852ba59c2a4ec7d69e47f2c3c85 SHA-1: 53422b23f363b51c09a7ad179b778129dd7330f4 SHA-256: d60005c1f705d95c568cde0243ad814265d50743bd18fc2aacc903aefe8364b1
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.001 PowerShell T1059.003 Windows Command Shell T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains a lure for downloading content, indicated by the 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' heuristic and the presence of external URLs. Crucially, it also contains a 'SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE' heuristic, suggesting the document instructs the user to execute commands via copy-pasting into a shell. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence. The primary IOC is the external URL found in the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • Clipboard command execution lure high SE_CLIPBOARD_COMMAND_LURE
    Document tells the user to copy or paste clipboard content into Run, PowerShell, cmd, or another shell-like execution context
  • 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/is-minecraft-free-on-mac-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-free-on-xbox_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-moderators_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/twitter-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-maps-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/www-roblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rape-simulator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-free-on-ps4_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/cm-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hey-google-how-do-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-controversy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-mod-apk-2021-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accessories_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/oprewards-com-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-switch-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-spins-coin-master-october-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spons-apk-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-just-click_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yatatravel.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/40-free-spins-coin-master_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
stream_003_off00004c4e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4C4E 33708 bytes
SHA-256: d23508544eeeafd026b6fc859944c8825aef9f74705225c0119bed53bdce436e
font_01_sfnt_off0000938d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x938D 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 70928c98edb580837fcbf0f9543b841edd11efdac6de6b6fcc7c93cea73d6057