Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4467440b99cc08d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.2 KB Created: 2021-06-03 05:17:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e54bac93cba2d9eab33e043758622b8d SHA-1: 43e2634931f14bae4c6a7fee82b2047df7f1f261 SHA-256: 4467440b99cc08d538c3b7e18159b2cf2aa0534edda21ee8ffd22dbf25f4cbc1
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links designed to lure users into clicking on potentially malicious content, such as free game hacks or currency generators. One primary URL, https://netcdn.online/app/835599320/free-followers-for-tiktok-game-hack, is identified as a malicious redirector, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The document body and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering tactic to drive traffic to these sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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/835599320/free-followers-for-tiktok-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-by-playing-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/todays-free-spin-and-coin-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-shields-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/100-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-a-minecraft-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/free-robux-gen_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/boost9-com-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/mathep_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/is-minecraft-education-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/coin-master-hack-lost-world-2021-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/free-robux-master_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/minecraft-hacks-18-9_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/how-to-get-free-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/free-robux-sites-that-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/how-to-duplicate-coin-master-spin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id//repository/coin-master-hack-apk-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.stimykpn.ac.id/repository/how-to-earn-robux-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
stream_004_off00004a0a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A0A 25168 bytes
SHA-256: f8b7a13b02e0bab849d7a6d293e7846900ea45cfc206361b2dd2483aff654fe9
font_01_sfnt_off000083c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x83C6 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 1f78b91f0c2492c05ffeec3d34563e43a0b15f4cc5b4ec219908e79cb2313b3f