Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e035ac4432996826…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-07-09 13:26:48 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5fe2fc0bba7f2775d7e3b57ba5539ed4 SHA-1: 1e6987c644928ac0ed45b683870d556867c1d336 SHA-256: e035ac44329968262cd3892dcc093d7714c1edb39b720b0235136dbed7a53a74
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links, including one to a known malicious redirector infrastructure at http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/roblox-2021-game-hack. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for game hacks and generators, suggesting an attempt to trick users into visiting malicious sites. The presence of multiple PDF links also points to a link farm strategy, likely for SEO poisoning or distributing further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/roblox-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/kazok-how-to-hack-roblox-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/games-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-ios-jailbreak_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/where-to-put-scripts-for-roblox-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-version-download-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/alvinblox-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rbxoffers-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-robux-websites_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-by-playing-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/este-hack-de-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-admin-hack-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-gift-card-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-roblox-apk-pc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-daily-fb-champion_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-lumber-tycoon-2-cheat-engine-tutorial_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-stuff_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-ios_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.repion.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-admin-hacks_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
font_00_sfnt_off00003134.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3134 22536 bytes
SHA-256: 21cddc4aa753b4485bf53d85f5a5c3b8e652ad16216f62280d02dfae0532ac54
font_01_sfnt_off00006356.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6356 18888 bytes
SHA-256: e3dfa23f69ab0be551e520ab7a19c796a58b825a7f42db5be3fdcce963c35810