Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4700269ebc1e99c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.2 KB Created: 2021-05-24 12:31:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 6328f02edf7d656778ae9d4b0b8c7892 SHA-1: a3150d82ba876734ef8f6afa392e678a00701148 SHA-256: 4700269ebc1e99c0a791db17bb7bc1a443bd986683dad5d36418041a5101f694
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising a 'TikTok Free Views Game Hack'. The document body also contains a call-to-action phrase and a similar URL, reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest an attempt to redirect users to a malicious site, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0078

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/835599320/tiktok-free-views-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00002be0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2BE0 22832 bytes
SHA-256: 350b75146b65e89a403655b6800deb265188b0bab56e51447b1f2d12cad7fb3c
font_01_sfnt_off00005f06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F06 3056 bytes
SHA-256: 405cbbc1279d17431d9c49c581f589768770a4a8115ad1c270973ceedfb0d91a
font_02_sfnt_off00006983.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6983 17752 bytes
SHA-256: c0458c8281c5f614ec80a73af60f82da894f7f0cb4b38fcd4688d4eb1216e853