Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2aa269dd5de3a9b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.8 KB Created: 2021-06-04 01:02:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7eab28b26a190716587e17235689070e SHA-1: c07a4cbba051a16da8868d71e4c78063697da1f6 SHA-256: 2aa269dd5de3a9b188074678ad7f60c93234c34d01601a6630707a98f1719f17
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to malicious infrastructure. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a URL that matches the heuristic findings. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence further support the malicious nature of this document, likely intended to lead users to a phishing or malware download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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.online/app/479516143/how-to-download-minecraft-java-edition-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-pet-food-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-tiktok-fans_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/client-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/free-robux-without-any-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-soins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/coin-master-70-spin-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/minecraft-hack-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/is-minecraft-free-on-switch_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-games-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-link-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/roebucks-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coinmaster-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/get-1k-robux-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/25-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/free-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-server-hosting-with-plugins_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-rewards-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.freenom.comHeyIn 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_off000055ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x55FF 25564 bytes
SHA-256: bba3c16946e8ae91767d7a1c299f765626c5e12de4f9e580bc3864e89566232e
font_01_sfnt_off00008f91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8F91 18572 bytes
SHA-256: 372950b09ae56ccdc45362242de33d197b063ee091c9df90a0e91acdbb6b8628