Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e36719ebd9a151fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.7 KB Created: 2021-05-14 00:47:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 1b85708f9aac44cb1b487c9a1c831550 SHA-1: 938b31c2e20d3d8fd57e9ff161b500375bf1654d SHA-256: e36719ebd9a151feceb8e9003756844ce690e1814c842b1d521e6439aa60ceb2
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a common lure of free game currency and hacks to entice users. It contains numerous links to external PDF files, forming a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the PDF structure suggests a tactic to drive traffic to a network of SEO-optimized pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/robux-generator-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-just-click_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-generator-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-tricks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-how-to-get-free-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/easy-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/app-for-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-avatar-ideas_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-passwords_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-maps-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/real-coin-master-hacks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wetotravels.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-2021_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_off00004abd.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4ABD 24956 bytes
SHA-256: c80f0eee31f61b70f7b3f3f3c18d3060d928eb474f969c2444448de531327fb6
font_01_sfnt_off0000847f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x847F 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 6ad13131c8a801fdee9b2b1f688ac66371065e9680419547ef4f25df18f73033