Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3113b252c5ecce1c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.2 KB Created: 2021-05-12 00:03:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c85e171002f74d60d8f5016fc54b32f8 SHA-1: fee3b1a7db61b28cdeaed09f960e9e011f0e36d8 SHA-256: 3113b252c5ecce1c5b564e21a42d5a911759d2e9739e3c7a9d13993303131683
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting "game hacks" and "free generators". The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to lead users to a malicious site, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9551

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/coin-master-email-rewards-link-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/promo-codes-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rewards-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/master-coin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-stuff_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master-haktuts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wurst-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-skin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-pe-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-play-as-guest-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-haktuts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-spin-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-accounts-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-face-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verification-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-java-edition-free-code_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-tips_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-without-paying_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-pet-food-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smkn1kutaselatan.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-education-free_GM479516143.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_003_off00004ae9.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4AE9 25176 bytes
SHA-256: 00f499740d714a053fbddc4470f78ed95fc22da0660c83ae7bec7c1b71d13cfb
font_01_sfnt_off00008437.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8437 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off00008de8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8DE8 18388 bytes
SHA-256: 64cb04ece7ee92720496beade2ddf5418fbdb83628caad053a3eb83208978ed4