Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 16284b62eca2825f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 01:32:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 8c4412457ee51d86aca57a43093ecc77 SHA-1: 4f52c9dcd0405b07ab383ffe592cba2e0fd335eb SHA-256: 16284b62eca2825f3166c0ecc574a553b11ff3c33140cc0fa0d8a9030be41afe
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded URLs, with a primary focus on 'free generator / game hack' lures. The heuristic 'PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE' strongly indicates a social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting malicious sites. The ML classifier also flagged the PDF as malicious with high confidence. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the lures suggests the embedded URLs are intended to download further malicious content or lead to phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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/479516143/minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-pocket-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-codes-to-get-free-stuff_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-for-coin-master-blogger_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fastbucks-me-roblox-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-my-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-rape-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-xyz_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/will-roblox-be-free-on-ps4_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-java-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-site_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daily-free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-coin-master-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/real-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-2021-not-used_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coolest-outfits-in-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-have-free-admin-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/cruise-ship-simulator-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobihack-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-klungkungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-cheat-engine-robux-hacks-2021_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
font_00_sfnt_off0000337e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x337E 22640 bytes
SHA-256: c2e10a23699650a0c932c77d44eb5694253802eaec12b70f135f77b4c02903e5
font_01_sfnt_off00006621.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6621 18672 bytes
SHA-256: c45ccb7756ad31f0eb1659f3c43916dbd490baa96d6c6b1730beaec095da97be