Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 38eaccd55bcf62bd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.0 KB Created: 2021-06-03 11:04:09 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-13
MD5: faf4caba523d7f719582a3787e5326c1 SHA-1: a44d7bd4ed3ab579af0cfd33bc84df1fff8355d6 SHA-256: 38eaccd55bcf62bd80112ec353cd512d9cd5cfa43e735d41666cce3805f7362d
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically promoting 'free generators' and 'game hacks' for popular games. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to these lures and a URL that appears to be the primary destination for the malicious content. The presence of these lures and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9657

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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/431946152/dailyrobux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id//repository/roblox-hacked-version_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-earn-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/blox-land-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/pixies-gigantic-coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-someones-account-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id//repository/free-coins-and-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id//repository/coin-master-free-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/roblox-gift-card-free-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/how-can-u-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-videos_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/minecraft-free-android_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id//repository/minecraft-ps3-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification-or-surveys_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id//repository/how-do-u-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id//repository/pubg-uc-redeem_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/free-bobux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/static-moonactive-net-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fti.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-on-phone-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off0000514f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x514F 27468 bytes
SHA-256: 48ea9a1266aa83d4e0646af56ba10e419a497a6b05da88417726ad3a08e04e84
font_01_sfnt_off000090a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x90A7 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 30dce2b9c1950da345d7fed8f00c38887adfa2f2ddecc31775af2315e819ac37
font_02_sfnt_off00009a55.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9A55 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_03_sfnt_off0000a767.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA767 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 006376ad9c7b73d4fd15d3b6dd3ffa9064f0af8ff6d6cdc29d45d1e9c8c3f0f5