Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28147f938528e479…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.8 KB Created: 2021-05-25 06:32:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 57557b349eee566d5c0e0fe2f7da68e9 SHA-1: 09c8a949ed93f004782e333a234c63a183d33b76 SHA-256: 28147f938528e479688ade896c5482c54d69e5255fe619f3ce219804e765a742
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to a redirector service that is known to host malicious content, specifically lures for game hacks and free spins. The document body and heuristics indicate a clear intent to trick users into clicking these links, likely leading to further malicious downloads or exploits. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9407

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/406889139/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.producthubhob.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-character-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.producthubhob.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-for-pc-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.producthubhob.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.producthubhob.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.producthubhob.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-april-12-2021_GM406889139.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_off000036b7.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x36B7 26264 bytes
SHA-256: 62ae697ef482ff1fb5321c0e50c90b72ee9da434147a2e9162d59baeac4ca267
font_01_sfnt_off0000728c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x728C 18288 bytes
SHA-256: 66febbde5b4b2b6a44609229e8681f3f0581fff3ed5f82ed8e3d83342858c217