Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f910bda8b6905863…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.8 KB Created: 2021-05-17 14:00:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b6cda035282de134112087c246b34e5a SHA-1: df6006b268f159218ea2c21c32af0367dcb70b93 SHA-256: f910bda8b690586342295bb5fe3e65eee5bb2cd90177f6f60a62522883200244
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous embedded links, with a primary suspicious URL pointing to a game hack download. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of external links, suggesting a link farm designed to attract traffic or distribute malware. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URIs and the ML classification strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8642

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.xyz/app/431946152/roblox-com-hack-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-education-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/appsmob-info-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-code-for-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-me-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-2021-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-story-mode-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-no-virus_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-draw-2-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-shirt-templates-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marshlands.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-activegamer_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004b5b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B5B 25520 bytes
SHA-256: 18bf568907dcbf434f1162993af20f3f00305e9921e30bf1a7c6bde0417287e2
font_01_sfnt_off000085aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x85AA 3884 bytes
SHA-256: 40b61f8938bd710dc29dc58ba3fde91c245a6a69596ec569b4d27c769ca417cf
font_02_sfnt_off0000924d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x924D 5756 bytes
SHA-256: a7a69a356750c58f853193ac64834dcf3e4080fc2a8f6e9107645a696c81e11e
font_03_sfnt_off00009f9f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9F9F 18440 bytes
SHA-256: 998502f3d31251ba6a8b9f896cebf55eeafd88011b242c250778658ce2e0bbe6