Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd8a088bbdeb545d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.9 KB Created: 2021-07-03 15:31:11 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 09d296b55ef391752e3ffd93811ee21d SHA-1: a89b8e012f030d52973465378e11fa1a7721c6d9 SHA-256: fd8a088bbdeb545d662ad26f5433d6a40140d1e6eb392a875bd41c6f87e53a3e
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on domains associated with SEO link farms and malicious redirectors. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for game-related cheats and currency, likely intended to lead users to phishing or malware download sites. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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/free-robux-sites-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/script-cheat-roblox-mad-city_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-no-fb-login_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spin-link-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-trigon-scripts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-complete-handbook_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mascara-de-hacker-en-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-use-scripts-in-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-accessories_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-game-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-for-free-with-java_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-do-free-robux-sites-scam-you_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-and-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-troll-outfits_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokemon-go-free-accounts-level-40_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-download-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moshaver-computer.ir/all_files/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey_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
stream_002_off00003664.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3664 23020 bytes
SHA-256: ce18a12b2f747bf581c4cccc6f25201b689f67df50d8f2e241f374ee011156f9
font_01_sfnt_off00006a55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A55 19340 bytes
SHA-256: bf872f38d37b2489c3690af0fb3a59d21ccad535cade2ac40decd632f59a44ea