Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4666198c38189292…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.0 KB Created: 2021-05-10 22:34:24 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 0d8842a0f2cc7d859db9f71abb91d019 SHA-1: e0e92456c272d7323410672903816a4c35535a30 SHA-256: 4666198c38189292818ada0eeb803db8a4ee57c3ebd48f65fd3656ee0044a8c6
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links designed to lure users to external sites, including a known malicious redirector. The document body and heuristics indicate a scam related to free game items, likely a pretext to drive traffic to malicious infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest a potential for JavaScript execution or further redirection to malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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.xyz/app/479516143/free-minecraft-addons-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/roblox-redeem-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/how-to-get-free-robux-instantly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-free-coins-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-2021-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-hack-root_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reggieslockandkey.com/images/how-to-get-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-hack-version-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-hacks-that-actually-work_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-hack-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/free-robux-com-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-spin-hack-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/aternos-free-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reggieslockandkey.com/images/free-executor-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reggieslockandkey.com/images/oginject-co_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reggieslockandkey.com/images/google-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reggieslockandkey.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-today-gift-reward_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/how-can-i-get-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reggieslockandkey.com/images/how-to-get-free-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_003_off00004bf1.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4BF1 24256 bytes
SHA-256: 8431431ccc910be2d76ea74fa0bc39092c3ba8c1895519be7bd9ecf211e80740
font_01_sfnt_off0000832a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x832A 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 2acb4cd1bca1b5a723691e5edbd5eaf48ec188cda9d27986775bd20f5f6dc65a