Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40704301b8093177…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 09:04:53 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: fce366f63b36513d10db6758849a7dfb SHA-1: 406ee8d7fb99b252af75bf258838c2ec667a57b5 SHA-256: 40704301b80931779235feee47f77dad8c75cd46673b64136e918c032106af27
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to known malicious infrastructure. The embedded URL and document body text reinforce this, indicating a social engineering attempt to trick users into visiting a malicious site. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be a phishing lure leading to potentially harmful content.

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/406889139/free-coin-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/cheat-engine-roblox-sword-fighting-tournament_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-people-girl_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-roblox-scripts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/robux-free-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-item-command-consle-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/youtube-roblox-robux-hacked_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-admin-hack-55-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/hoiw-to-get-free-robux-on-promotion_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/how-to-jump-hack-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-robux-now_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/minecraft-hacker-mask_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/free-robux-hacks-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/roblox-greenwood-town-how-to-get-free-deathbringer_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/ich-bin-am-hacken-roblox-name_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-mod_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/coin-master-hack-without-verification-code_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.ulm.ac.id/pusat/repository/hack-tool-download-roblox_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_off00003151.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3151 23092 bytes
SHA-256: fe49f7ce5dbfcd17369ac191dab5cd773f18c3940ce6620278c7ebd8ffcb267e
font_01_sfnt_off00006525.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6525 17896 bytes
SHA-256: 30b91f0cf14a5514f1df58b1ea6b750ab9fcef30665dc7be89d866611abc7228