Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17e4fe9a7f1f8380…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.2 KB Created: 2021-05-30 18:36:14 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 1605514f82bf020784e72935d7f20293 SHA-1: 881bb2e20f5e834d1dc9b37fb5ce6328ba236956 SHA-256: 17e4fe9a7f1f8380456eff1dcda6666d80606643fa63a5113ce175707ce9578e
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document employs a common lure, advertising free game hacks and generators to entice users to click on embedded links. The primary link, https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-mac-free-game-hack, redirects to a malicious domain, indicating an attempt to deliver a secondary payload. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-mac-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/real-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/minecraft-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/roblox-fun-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/minecraft-realms-free-codes_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/minecraft-free-download-unblocked_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-coin-master-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-minecraft-games-for-kids_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-tiktok-followers-no-downloads_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/freer-pro-tiktok-fans_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-spins-coin-master-unlimited_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavoro.antemar.eu/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-daily_GM406889139.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_off00003dfe.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3DFE 25004 bytes
SHA-256: b7924d801150cdb2e495853edab2670bf1b857fe5c5c28e7365e9358b188f978
font_01_sfnt_off00007765.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7765 2940 bytes
SHA-256: eb230542719c96b42e3fd8bb01e35f13ebd5f02629049da3a58e7fd7607bf48a
font_02_sfnt_off00008174.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8174 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 2778e064ee8e4e3a4bd3984a17bb7eaaeefaa41a67eb131b8ade69fe1653bbfc