Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 237896efa5cfeb64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 03:45:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 01f538f3191f2bd537e6adb9bef9416b SHA-1: 67cc85e1d8abee48f4d27d41ecf05fc995a1f30f SHA-256: 237896efa5cfeb6403891558b714d7ec34ab8a61509b9a42595cfbc22b144641
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link that redirects to a site offering game hacks, specifically mentioning 'minecraft-pe-016-0-apk-download-free-game-hack'. This lure, combined with the ML classifier's high confidence and the presence of embedded URLs, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body, though partially garbled, contains the malicious URL, reinforcing the attack pattern.

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-pe-016-0-apk-download-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/roblox-free-items-glitch_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/free-spin-link-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/ww-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/free-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/how-to-make-a-hacked-private-server-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/how-to-make-a-minecraft-java-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/dll-hacks-for-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/roblox-free-clothes-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/hacks-for-electric-state-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/roblox-bloxburg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/free-robux-glitch-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/coin-master-hack-activegamer_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/no-scam-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/free-robux-games-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/how-do-u-speed-hack-on-roblox-jailbreak_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/any-cheats-for-tycoon-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.upp.ac.id/digilib/repository/hack-for-da-hood-roblox_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_off0000312f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x312F 22384 bytes
SHA-256: 2e9679f5b4ce58b3799e6834fe826af1471d43ba8a09be171f1e62f0a772ae53
font_01_sfnt_off000062a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62A5 19524 bytes
SHA-256: 2c1b2724e9f8d24eaf424e37f542e22724de6abfb49ca65165bfe174736ddb84