Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 019678583fec2dba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.1 KB Created: 2021-05-24 16:07:38 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: ca89f7bf3fa65d700ad814ae9d300d74 SHA-1: 10f85d746caa7f80e3c6ba7faa1e487fc609759d SHA-256: 019678583fec2dba48423b682bef034e5623133e902895a99a12433af13c34f7
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, disguised as a 'free generator' or 'game hack'. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to download or access a resource, likely leading to further malicious activity. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9407

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/free-24-7-minecraft-server-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.keperawatan.unand.ac.id/repository/how-can-i-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.keperawatan.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-real-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.keperawatan.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.keperawatan.unand.ac.id/repository/where-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.keperawatan.unand.ac.id/repository/cm-spins_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_002_off000031d7.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31D7 29652 bytes
SHA-256: cb58f5094155cff99e5d3cfdfa1a1665801b4ed7f186c778e3f69d6794e3cee6
font_01_sfnt_off000074d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74D9 17924 bytes
SHA-256: 6d441e79e96f2496e7d363a8fd4eac2c27151cb1acb88a4e303d16644f1cdf17