Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecdaa44faf4240ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.7 KB Created: 2021-06-10 20:40:22 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 8f6861c84ee9876877dee0a107206ab3 SHA-1: a9b28c60f56d12cd642c701b3d5da0b93dfd49b7 SHA-256: ecdaa44faf4240ef7895acf533e235f124905892318ceb47e43e34cd4b947daa
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs and a link farm heuristic indicates a large number of external links, many of which are related to game cheats and downloads. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of these links suggests the document is designed to trick users into downloading potentially harmful files or visiting malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9832

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/sharkblox-trash-gang-shirt-free-roblox-game-hack
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-earning-websites_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-apk-free-download_GM479516143.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/best-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-apk-download-v1-144-2-free_GM479516143.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-34-6-hack_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-spin-free_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-can-u-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-download-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-discord_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-fire-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-hacked-client-download_GM479516143.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-account-generator_GM479516143.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-link_GM406889139.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-2021-android_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-free-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/real-free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdf
    • https://www.advancedcube.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/today-free-spin-coin-master_GM406889139.pdf
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00005540.bin
892a55b3e31e7551a68fc5a537e9facbe799beed87c45003bc7675271cda03fa
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5540 27248 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000921d.bin
06ad0634a97a3a33d8e439fe7847a6d3cf0a184f56c8071c19e8881d8e9f5eef
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x921D 19024 bytes