Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a02d2d47a683a66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.1 KB Created: 2021-05-13 07:40:38 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9afa89b2526dd31c6cad51ac35d568d3 SHA-1: 072d3429875c561fa26b95718de7965b4f7dfb6c SHA-256: 4a02d2d47a683a660f2897e8c3f3288eebbf051adcd9d94d9ba0c636745de4f3
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as a game hack generator. The heuristic firings indicate a malicious redirector and a lure for free game items. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest an attempt to lead the user to a malicious site, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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/hack-coin-master-apk-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-unlimited-spins-apk-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-for-pc-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/funbloxxyz-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-sued_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/100-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-facebook-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-online-games-like-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-really-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-no-human-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-100-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/best-minecraft-hacked-client-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/websites-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-do-i-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xray-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kejari-denpasar.go.id/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/collect-robux_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_off00004e58.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4E58 26728 bytes
SHA-256: 540904e56fe3367da2ae1a346a39fb32ba6b19f19d25a6de198c9ae7b438b67b
font_01_sfnt_off00008b59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B59 17892 bytes
SHA-256: 9c4dada9bbcb376b19026f9d82cd29b1bcb88de2b1ea71a23b293af0df71213a