Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ee70fd7ca305cff9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.1 KB Created: 2021-05-13 03:54:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 90abf67cc111e3e8e62c1cc0ff0af548 SHA-1: 641d536a52da059b9965791cf771d8eda13f3d05 SHA-256: ee70fd7ca305cff9cab248f731780c4d5217f4eea12cd251fbb4008e53e6efc3
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to websites that are flagged as malicious redirectors, specifically promoting 'free Robux' or 'game hacks'. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to click these links, which likely leads to phishing pages or further malware downloads. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the 'free generator' lure strongly suggest a malicious intent to exploit user interest in obtaining in-game currency or cheats.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9013

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-no-verification-at-all-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-from-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-help-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-para-coin-master-singapore_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-not-banned-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-xyz_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/play-games-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-you-get-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-paying_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-twitter-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/cool-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-cheats-pc-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-april-fools-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-anarchy-server-no-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-on-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-there-any-way-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rbx-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modestuae.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/clean-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004b3b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B3B 26796 bytes
SHA-256: 54e494af07c7a12ec249a8e9968c38992dc3d5f9e40382c25344b1fa2d3dccb9
font_01_sfnt_off00008726.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8726 7272 bytes
SHA-256: f462303657ce1de10d3e7d5ae1fe17c8584116bd5bc216971166de87266da924
font_02_sfnt_off00009896.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9896 18676 bytes
SHA-256: a2274236a7a2e18adabb7b86c58cf77696514c901240e043c32ff4f0260e6091