Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 24057699bea7e82a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.3 KB Created: 2021-05-20 16:43:28 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 7cca3854b3d9df37425cb7f4dad386a8 SHA-1: 8da92df36844cd0cc5d4b992780d301411b9c4ce SHA-256: 24057699bea7e82a5ef6acc46501669ebec0f279d7168d06c783fbdb8b533257
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links, including one identified as a malicious redirector, disguised as a 'free generator / game hack' for Minecraft. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure to a URL that likely serves a malicious payload or leads to further phishing attempts. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded links are the primary vector for this attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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/479516143/play-full-version-of-minecraft-for-free-no-download-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1indramayu.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-xbox-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1indramayu.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-unlimited-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1indramayu.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-redeem-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1indramayu.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-a-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man1indramayu.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-pc-download-free-full-version_GM479516143.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
stream_002_off00003565.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3565 25276 bytes
SHA-256: 8aa78b03c552c76f87b12327afbacb914b1d1966914b364a4f7c4df6c1e444fc
font_01_sfnt_off00006ea7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EA7 18900 bytes
SHA-256: 72a4985a0f1854ed26b55ec1f9c271b843743081401250fa5f99a0b23226d3ed