Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 db22e6d0cbdbad7e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-06-22 11:40:54 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 021982d91097f3c090d47dfe6e053015 SHA-1: 3953628312a3da75afa26c001035ae60c7cbcb1c SHA-256: db22e6d0cbdbad7e4fb168431233858a3a6eaf6ec1bdbb87e45d9d9cf6606e16
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are disguised as generators or hacks for popular games. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of these links, suggesting a tactic to drive traffic to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were extracted, the document's structure and embedded links strongly suggest it's part of a phishing or scam campaign designed to lead users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.co/app/406889139/free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-survey-or-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-codes-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-private-server-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/reddit-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-on-phone_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-email_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-robux-pin-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/fake-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/facebook-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-t-shirt-design-maker-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-websites-that-actually-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-tiktok-followers-no-human-verification_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacks-for-roblox-mining-simulator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-gift-link-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1-kotagorontalo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-1-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
font_00_sfnt_off00003585.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3585 23272 bytes
SHA-256: fdd7fcbd7063018df920ae02645f6e79bdfa4843f34c04f39cbe7abf9e8669a6
font_01_sfnt_off00006a0b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A0B 18348 bytes
SHA-256: 99aa2d2b2e9c114759ac0d3175951e1a7ccd7b87db14ea3fc4aa40a1608bcbe0