Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35a5a0d873d950d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 15:04:55 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f91145f6f42f2b5a307888ff51a84ddf SHA-1: 83a5cffde72c2265315892c3a24331ec15b60ad0 SHA-256: 35a5a0d873d950d7be367c79c0843aeda60aa81ae709eccf3e54c9dd37b4f183
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of game hacks and free in-game currency to trick users into clicking malicious links. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, which likely serves as a gateway to further malicious content or downloads. The document's content and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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/minecraft-tower-defense-2-hacked-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-hacks-in-roblox-booga-booga_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-roblox-accessories-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-and-passwords-with-100-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-realms-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-de-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-phantom-forces-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-a-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-heroes-online_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-games-download-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-free-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubg-uc-zip_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/www-coin-master-hack-tk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-club_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-coins-in-archery-master-3d_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/play-games-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-items-in-the-catalog-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.espaciocultivarte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-password-reques_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_off000030e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30E0 21760 bytes
SHA-256: 83e9a49dd7d5c2035a1376587b06b6370cb273d75582e1aa9fec369ab09176da
font_01_sfnt_off000060a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x60A2 18800 bytes
SHA-256: 2abd26e65d736e398590a920b17b3df9c01241ebccd80cbd489db089cc291857