Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2c04f32b9394a918…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 11:34:31 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 8e445a9a2cdaddb944fc0f005b8fbfe0 SHA-1: 644614d1f7be2354718d4644f2c36b8a4f16142a SHA-256: 2c04f32b9394a9181d3587ab86189902ec0e4cedbc149fedb0344297f329756d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and lures users with promises of free game hacks and generators. The primary link, http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/how-to-install-minecraft-for-free-game-hack, is identified as a malicious redirector. The document's content and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering attack aimed at tricking users into visiting malicious sites, likely for further malware delivery or scamming. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/how-to-install-minecraft-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-java-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-tiktok-likes-no-human-verification-or-downloading-apps_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-mods-download-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-java-edition_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coins-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-24-7-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/games-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtsn31jkt.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-giveaway_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_off00002c8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C8A 22744 bytes
SHA-256: ead95997126883fcaad7739ef2f8b80e0aab9265299b200d64a283e1214ed5f0
font_01_sfnt_off00005f53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F53 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 5e3ba7e4cd3ca4e9461728952bafe8ac7745d23e1bc3d1385ef5be4278fd35be