Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed0498e9e3eb9912…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 10:28:24 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: b3add52488b4762c4f134ca2888ca256 SHA-1: 878d3034ee5913aac82a8246895d4e6caa5377be SHA-256: ed0498e9e3eb991223a181c69fd78d786a733e57a3eb24983826dd9f3b735a31
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on a domain associated with a 'game hack' lure. The document body and heuristics indicate a strong focus on promoting free generators and hacks for popular games like Roblox and Coin Master. The presence of a link farm and the ML classifier's high confidence score suggest this PDF is designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware.

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/roblox-hack-site-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-apk-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-make-a-free-minecraft-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daily-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-without-downloading-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rbx-website_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/get-free-roblox-gift-cards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-stuff-that-cost-coins-free-mpe-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/spin-links-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/www-coin-master-hack-xyz_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-app-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-scripts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/get-free-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-army-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-35-16-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shropshirefurniture.co.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/synapse-roblox-free_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_off00003444.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3444 21852 bytes
SHA-256: b8e23d2d83647548977eb38a2bf874a7dc18133c2c92e050b43d40f9f678f8cd
font_01_sfnt_off0000645d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x645D 18880 bytes
SHA-256: 6798a5860b29af3a79a68d7c52601d34cb5f107bdf36f63a1b46f66fdb0dc288