Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d70e9d9115b533dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.2 KB Created: 2021-05-16 02:31:48 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f83ca71d5f537e43cb194e9b9d967d4a SHA-1: 6a63e1d65f4eab5bd44281d195077a22bb147d41 SHA-256: d70e9d9115b533dc24da9fbe6cfdd9f985a5fd27e4be3adf228a49861a9efe30
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and lures users with promises of game hacks or free currency. The heuristic firings indicate that the document is designed to trick users into clicking these links, likely leading to a download of a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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/roblox-comroblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/lazy-blocks-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-for-flip-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/what-is-coin-master-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-download-minecraft-java-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-1-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-download-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-for-kids_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-java-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-reward-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-cards-for-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coins-links-home_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-com-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-redeem-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
stream_003_off00004a96.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A96 26800 bytes
SHA-256: 1526c6b10af6a5f7b21cbba777b0172031b2dbfac61293de0fb8ab20038e4a39
font_01_sfnt_off0000874b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x874B 18044 bytes
SHA-256: 902379b3d073e691e23237abb92ed0f3af9f7c2e96674f4b88e40d5aba0067d4