Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01470d23b4238afe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.3 KB Created: 2021-05-23 04:35:09 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 8a987b1e6d6e9496b75a91d4a83aa3f0 SHA-1: caaf4bfe86aa01e6ff77432cfcbf14d772357efe SHA-256: 01470d23b4238afefa0586b1c7025e9ff8a1aa1187e10c352f6f05ab1b5f4ea9
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs and a prominent call-to-action related to free game items, designed to lure users into clicking a link. The primary malicious URL, https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-free-online-game-hack, is flagged as a known malicious redirector. This suggests the document's purpose is to redirect users to a malicious site for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7268

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/479516143/minecraft-free-online-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.elleventi.it/images/pixies-gigantic-coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elleventi.it/images/coin-master-free-spins-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elleventi.it/images/free-minecraft-accounts-reddit_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elleventi.it/images/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elleventi.it/images/minecraft-bedrock-edition-download-pc-free_GM479516143.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_002_off00003383.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3383 25484 bytes
SHA-256: cf3f2159c8bd67be7b4aa71e504009566d424816a17cf2607b3a6051ac6d2908
font_01_sfnt_off00006cb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CB1 2820 bytes
SHA-256: 972979c3a46100cf5f8fd289bc6fbd2496ff75fec0e3f6753648c72ec6eba714
font_02_sfnt_off00007650.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7650 17644 bytes
SHA-256: d3a8b3d8bd2249c6206e1557dca74d08ec9c3b58c2328dc4779a04ae87c22ca2