Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f9229d89db66594…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.7 KB Created: 2021-06-03 09:23:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 68bf9fef5febc43914fff237fb81a968 SHA-1: 268d02d231fe259b3a026320ae6ffefa77710919 SHA-256: 0f9229d89db665949a9fbc515d02c54824fef642c3710975ff111d94e6c7823f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links designed to lure users into clicking on a "free generator / game hack" which redirects to a malicious URL. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious infrastructure, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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.online/app/431946152/free-roblox-gift-card-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/tiradas-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-that-actually-works-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/free-robux-roblox-promo-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/are-there-any-coin-master-hacks-that-actually-work_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-stuff-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/coinmaster-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/master-coin-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-game-hacking-tricks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-jailbreak-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/rewards-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-new-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-extra-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/how-to-get-free-roebucks-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/minecraft-bedrock-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/village-4-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nelsonssales.com/media/storage/editor/files/coin-master-jackpot-hack_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
font_00_sfnt_off00004fba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4FBA 25104 bytes
SHA-256: 3e77b9f1cd49efbb35f0d4aa65b57695a3d9994044037ecdc18420e400b1211f
font_01_sfnt_off00008724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8724 18572 bytes
SHA-256: d6dd878634c6e0bfa0573f8d07d8c04072d5223543faa3ff40eccc306bc8b9ad