Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecb9864cb74769b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.5 KB Created: 2021-07-03 18:07:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: cea32f5600c6f26544592ed0e6548025 SHA-1: 4b82e4bc75f28a084cdfeca6701d10b51dbacac0 SHA-256: ecb9864cb74769b66704d1ee02803de1a918093d6685490196bc2b3ce5b93a32
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, including one pointing to known malicious redirector infrastructure, disguised as game hacks and generators. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to download or access potentially harmful content, likely leading to a second-stage exploit or malware. The presence of multiple PDF links suggests an attempt to create a link farm for SEO poisoning or to distribute various lures.

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/479516143/minecraft-name-tag-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-and-tix-on-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-999999-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/neon-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-daily-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-tool-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-soins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-change-your-username-on-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-roblox-gift-cards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-gift-card_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-with-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/roblox-weapons-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/get-free-robux-now_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-villages_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-games-that-actually-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-do-you-get-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-godly-roblox-exploit_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-unlimited-free-robux-tickets-no-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.faterna.unand.ac.id/repository/in-roblox-how-do-you-get-free-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
font_00_sfnt_off00002e6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2E6E 21184 bytes
SHA-256: 05d829d268bc1724de2b43747ae46a4eefc59ae8953be0340074e52e79666f66
font_01_sfnt_off00005c78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5C78 18288 bytes
SHA-256: eb7ed4260d6d64c3cd9f3242d6af3157cea31df7eff6e4be90ec8e6c005c47d1