Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3d4ffa1cfee73669…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.2 KB Created: 2021-06-03 12:57:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 370e017fd69d9ef982b6819e8d28bec2 SHA-1: a813b92ae37ddda77dcc670bc682a33d8de7c492 SHA-256: 3d4ffa1cfee73669de2c224eb4ccccc410079a2116f584c65484f052c2299a97
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirector lure, pointing to malicious infrastructure. The embedded URL and the document body text both contain a link to a suspicious domain, likely intended to trick users into downloading malware or visiting a phishing site. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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/what-is-a-minecraft-client-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/can-i-get-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-for-kids_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/will-minecraft-dungeons-be-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-112-2-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-app_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-site_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-private-server-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/no-scam-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-hack-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/games-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-apk-java-edition_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-free-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/freespinandcoin-blogspot-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/500-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-survey-or-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-a-free-minecraft-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-deals_GM406889139.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_off00005420.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5420 24460 bytes
SHA-256: 9456ab8a48c15ef728b8bdeb78d5ca322ed2682ddda7a73d22d90bd7880fc427
font_01_sfnt_off00008b68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B68 18008 bytes
SHA-256: f402f21c661d1e01b215e02d2fc5d7c867c0257932a901a78bdda083b1da0465