Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 44046fde3943da02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 23:46:46 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: a4ebef2ac30b1ed9854bc4505ce85251 SHA-1: 083e67ce3ae7a2cea21a0f1f40421b2bc39568d0 SHA-256: 44046fde3943da0299468b3858470254c3660870932bc1761cb7df10df8f879c
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link to a known malicious redirector, disguised as a game hack generator. This heuristic, combined with the ML classifier, indicates a malicious intent to lure users to a compromised site. The document body and embedded URLs reinforce this lure, suggesting the primary goal is to drive traffic to malicious infrastructure for potential further exploitation or malware delivery.

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/479516143/aternos-free-minecraft-server-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-do-you-get-free-roebucks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-controversy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-earn-free-money-tower-battles-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/mcpe-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-400-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/do-free-robux-scams-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/i-need-more-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-2021-descargar-mediafire_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-lvl7-full-lua-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-that-actually-works_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/filled-surveys-for-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-group-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-free-play-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-sites-that-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-ultra-attack-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/daily-coin-master-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-stuff-on-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_off00003259.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3259 22216 bytes
SHA-256: 953dbee062f869558f7741c0ed15db808b78ad8d62c6608d018cb9cc0d1c71c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000635c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x635C 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 26876140927a3906902dd64e2dc8e0c32e7e876521c7e838639d73c9f18b3cb1