Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 30a34ad7a6a7e930…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.9 KB Created: 2021-05-22 01:24:28 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 23e888278db1f755af98792c2081b69a SHA-1: 6b2d8d57e7336e25ed1b27bc2f5f6f9d08bd1293 SHA-256: 30a34ad7a6a7e930800d50b7f053120d150efa3440f62be38d03e15475c95b96
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to malicious redirectors disguised as free game hacks and generators, aiming to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The document body explicitly contains a call-to-action phrase and a primary redirect URL, reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly indicate a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9508

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/free-minecraft-alt-generator-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/tiktok-free-britney_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/minecraft-bedrock-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/how-can-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/tower-of-hell-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnrealestate.in/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/apps-for-free-robux_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_off000034b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34B7 25168 bytes
SHA-256: 79aa9ea845c09e16c42c524da72ac9d09b87d71c10e8a997eb9b25976ec8af5c
font_01_sfnt_off00006c99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C99 17784 bytes
SHA-256: 66ae3cfb6d310f144f42187aaa203441353bb0cc88c1a3915b2f7a14fa3c41b8