Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee30f808b0527f08…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.9 KB Created: 2021-06-09 09:36:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 60c488ec58558bbdf1cad4a4548afc6b SHA-1: c8c0cfc2c1d2dc1b782e8b89df754ef8ca4db407 SHA-256: ee30f808b0527f08c2de65b0b86c715f69252f38e367b6abc6a44c80997c3a19
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which appear to be part of an SEO link farm designed to drive traffic to unrelated content. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of a download button lure suggests an attempt to trick users into clicking these links. The primary goal appears to be traffic generation or potentially distributing further malware via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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/roblox-free-troll-outfits-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-ios-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-email_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/google-how-do-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-gg_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-skin-maker_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-you-get-minecraft-for-free-on-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pubg-uc-purchase_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coins-fbid-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/toolbox-for-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-money-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-pet-food-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-websites-that-actually-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gulfautotools.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-today_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_004_off000050ff.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x50FF 25612 bytes
SHA-256: 92ec2a01cc66a8578889b1d19a6dc7b8009a87165fafd8238c760062a7722aab
font_01_sfnt_off00008cfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8CFD 18312 bytes
SHA-256: fe777fd970e5ee6fc37b7e0597b2652638bbcae3cf084ec195e6118a95705f96