Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9f7b00c7253dfe3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 01:14:08 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bde373a26700171a08e294bb6e7c7f75 SHA-1: 3317f689a4f4f1100d8cb8dbcbc853f1973fb09e SHA-256: e9f7b00c7253dfe3b06e226f600732c2f169e2cfe04160435f7a701d91def4d7
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 SEO-optimized and related to game hacks and free currency. The heuristic 'PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE' and the document body content strongly suggest a lure for users seeking in-game advantages, likely leading to phishing or malware downloads. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classification further support its malicious nature.

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.tw/app/431946152/free-robux-hack-no-human-verification-or-survey-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/tower-battles-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/ways-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/vortexx-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-coins-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-windows-10-edition-free-with-java_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-hack-download-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-noclip-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-no-human-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-paying_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-hack-no-survey-mac_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-and-builders-club-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-codes-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-download-roblox-studio-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-a-roblox-accout_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-coins-on-flip-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.businessloanspecialist.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-free-robux-for-roblox_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_off000031e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31E7 22716 bytes
SHA-256: 64c69efd086a04d8e2c6a1295f34e2078c8f76a2dbaae830ea418e6749b9d71c
font_01_sfnt_off000064c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x64C6 19796 bytes
SHA-256: ad19e1b0895485c37a49fe02fea69dabec772aaf5d58694ea1046abdc2ebb73d