Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b3ab33663542742…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.9 KB Created: 2021-05-23 15:04:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 4de89a28c4d18b950eb09e4f4aeba512 SHA-1: 7223bfcfed8f8c9a4421b78cb0ac730b9f651dba SHA-256: 0b3ab33663542742a87251c80ed375925ca0b9cc5f94d8289e92f8860cb72e4d
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to a URL associated with malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically a 'free generator / game hack' lure. The document body reinforces this by mentioning 'Coin Master Free Spins Link Download' and a call to action to access a generator. This indicates a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting a malicious site, likely to download further malware or engage in fraudulent activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0718

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/406889139/coin-master-free-spins-link-download-game-hack In 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_off00002c46.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2C46 25116 bytes
SHA-256: 80ec9b433e67e1a7d0c039a3a5940cc1654dc927fe9019c35b26f6a17b96b850
font_01_sfnt_off0000663e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x663E 18636 bytes
SHA-256: e0ee4d28e9fbd90893640acb023fdb3433a7d18e360fd79b0a1965f7934d0c46