Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a0461716379cb20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.4 KB Created: 2021-06-26 14:04:15 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: a6329dfb701cf6ab6b22a91eb6ceb5cc SHA-1: 491c69bd98dfd675fb1998af059a4273aec6ddf5 SHA-256: 4a0461716379cb20b50ad19f95c4579b148295444237eb13bba2c33dbb4c8e03
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that lead to a known malicious redirector, disguised as a 'game hack' generator. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for free in-game items or hacks, which is a common social engineering tactic. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of malicious redirector links and the lure strongly suggest an attempt to lead the user to a malicious website, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/how-to-hack-someone-in-roblox-using-captra-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-100-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/is-minecraft-java-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/rbx-gg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-gift-card_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/horse-valley-beta-roblox-maze-cheat_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/was-minecraft-ever-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-for-free-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-addons_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-app-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-tool-v1-9-download-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-card-hack-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-hacks-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-place_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-glitch-game_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-gifts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-for-chromebook-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/is-tiktok-free_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacker-shirt-for-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningmas.alhidayahwanti.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-coins-in-mcpe-master_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
font_00_sfnt_off000032a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32A7 22172 bytes
SHA-256: 150edcb1c028f1b69156b768a275792b8373db4f41d6775d46a1868102a32af0
font_01_sfnt_off000063e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63E2 19480 bytes
SHA-256: dd2bf7a5a5dfaab61b0c3b313b00f014c429ea80404cc9aebf832787b942b583