Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48ce45e046800dec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.3 KB Created: 2021-05-16 00:12:52 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 9e0bb9fcb530dfa259c3fe63b2016b94 SHA-1: 9cc2b0263763c05b6aabea8ced8acd8873f554c8 SHA-256: 48ce45e046800decc4f1b36652303eac2877a72a8785f92cfb9e8b654aaa2a7d
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of game cheats and free items to entice users to click on malicious links. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, which likely serves as a gateway to further malicious content or downloads. The document body contains obfuscated text and multiple URLs pointing to similar lure pages, reinforcing the phishing and redirection intent.

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/coin-master-cheat-engine-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-fb-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-wings_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-april-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-coin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-laptop_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-only_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-spins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-and-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/links-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-or-download-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-arsenal-hack-script-pastebin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-deutsch-download-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/buxblast-com-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-microsoft_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.delhihomeoboard.in/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.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_off00004eb8.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4EB8 29836 bytes
SHA-256: 8832dbb8af3bec06697310908f9140d824b77234787b245b42bffceaedb083b5
font_01_sfnt_off00008b45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B45 18172 bytes
SHA-256: d0f3f34e43a4a3b79cade8342c3aea289cdc0fa42454b947c02aaf2ecfd2669a