Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4352b12db901155e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 19:21:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: b0749261a6dfde4268094696d7bc5f57 SHA-1: 23639f007ad51e3e5b3bd5e52cf17dc2e59e2345 SHA-256: 4352b12db901155edfe266449fbcede9103b4d0daad2d398987862663a0e8d3b
62 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The document presents itself as a guide to obtaining free Minecraft items, but contains a prominent link to an external URL that is likely malicious. The presence of a "download button" lure and a callback phishing lure suggests a social engineering attempt to trick the user into downloading a payload or engaging with a scam. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, indicating a high probability of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 4

  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-followers-for-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/funbloxxyz-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-no-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-on-phone_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/apps-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-realms-free-codes_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-24-7-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-setup-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.badungtourism.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-for-free_GM479516143.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_off00002d5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2D5E 22172 bytes
SHA-256: e7f3a1d97adfc252bbf22763cf644503ce957c4e472ef3091768651b513f6933
font_01_sfnt_off00005e7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5E7D 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 354bb2c2c4fae14b5c7df711c8f5a389dfe67cd832e4a835714c7b2f7ea7fa4d