Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 348b0323c9aba368…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.4 KB Created: 2021-06-03 08:42:48 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 72bc1d953479fdd8d805f9512bd8ae9b SHA-1: 4cd396c3d2a3cbb6a3ae592313ccbb6036da5232 SHA-256: 348b0323c9aba36895281a7d6ace25720907b98d05da5d30b2d5df2752cee3c6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as game hacks and free generators. The primary link, 'https://netcdn.online/app/479516143/cool-free-minecraft-skins-game-hack', is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to similar lures, reinforcing the malicious intent. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a high likelihood of this document being used for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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.online/app/479516143/cool-free-minecraft-skins-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-password_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-people-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-pc-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-hack-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/apps-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/toolbox-for-minecraft-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-java-minecraft-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-legit_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coinmaster-gps-user-review-coinmaster-coin-master-hack-pagedemo-index_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-list_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/www-free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-sexually-abused_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-glitch-2021_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
stream_004_off0000572a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x572A 25340 bytes
SHA-256: 7260569be31ea9f240e99af97d6662dfd422377dce9645723a70bafaaedad329
font_01_sfnt_off00009037.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9037 17956 bytes
SHA-256: b657eb084a6f5dfeb3aa5f176d2b2872287c3f1c5527e3c481eaf05d63f2fd56