Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 434ece00e512c847…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.7 KB Created: 2021-05-15 05:57:28 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 8cab3016ac0a87f4f93754be4b2ba2cf SHA-1: b3db1e399c33daf60d23fb08bb34975cb6442c23 SHA-256: 434ece00e512c847c9b51cc7e8917c300ab4d8784c05b7a8acf7bb27105accc7
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free generators' and 'game hacks' for popular games. The primary redirect URL is https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-free-download-no-virus-game-hack. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering lure designed to lead users to potentially harmful content or further malicious downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-free-download-no-virus-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/game-give-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-site_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coinmaster-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-2021-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-gift-card_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-do-we-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/www-coin-master-hack-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-phone-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/easy-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-instantly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-app-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elearning.man2bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-version-download-2021-android_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_003_off00004e6d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4E6D 25352 bytes
SHA-256: b1045bf519a12e99175772338b595dd771e38ccbb50e0d2b60aede89211c9743
font_01_sfnt_off000087cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x87CC 18564 bytes
SHA-256: 73fda2f7f87cf364c845d3fc1df52f7bb102f180f2e093609ba7690804eae928