Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 259f4b1183e0b508…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.8 KB Created: 2021-05-23 06:39:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 22c286728a80e6bc2140c7a1ad22f565 SHA-1: 9555fcfea1a96d8d79c475ec2056708d5c064ec8 SHA-256: 259f4b1183e0b508556951fb33244129cf12f19ce70b97ebb8cdea482b880b17
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to websites that promise free game currency or hacks, a common lure for phishing or malware. The heuristic firings indicate these links lead to malicious redirectors. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious infrastructure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7589

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/431946152/free-robux-no-human-verification-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://pasangindihomemagelang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/offers-to-get-free-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasangindihomemagelang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/i-didnt-get-my-free-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasangindihomemagelang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-needed_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasangindihomemagelang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daily-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasangindihomemagelang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-unlimited-robux_GM431946152.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_off00003270.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3270 28740 bytes
SHA-256: e3e72a8de27633201ceb9db6dff4bb74955d6d2772eee8d21eb798c2adcc5324
font_01_sfnt_off0000754f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x754F 2880 bytes
SHA-256: 10d025f04f706eb71cdda4f99784df1b9ccb52e48080e43095e0398eaef6f132
font_02_sfnt_off00007f39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F39 19260 bytes
SHA-256: 6a9b2633b50d097f4b127a07737bc979a0fc1726e0f4efc9f53c1be2676c3116