Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b7aa07639bdd209…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.0 KB Created: 2021-06-03 07:54:14 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 85415107b595d664957b3a9fac6ec29a SHA-1: 09f310d415ef7dace04ace95f2e85d44310f728a SHA-256: 4b7aa07639bdd2090df9a5cc1cba4b9bcd940db2350f595224495778b6aa9451
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as game hacks and generators. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of embedded links and the lure of free game items suggest a phishing or scam attempt, likely leading to further malware download or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

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.online/app/406889139/free-coins-for-flip-master-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/roblox-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-35-16-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/roblox-robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/how-can-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/free-robux-that-actually-works-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-get-free-minecraft-skins_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/what-games-give-you-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/hack-my-game-xyz-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/roblox-gift-card-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/free-robux-discord-servers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/classic-minecraft-net-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/free-roblox-templates_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-levels_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-spin-hack-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/free-tiktok-views_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/minecraft-windows-10-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-hack-tool-india_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/where-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://achauco.vn/public/upload/files/free-spin-and-coin-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn 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_004_off000050ac.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x50AC 24800 bytes
SHA-256: f0ba6becc4e63b1affe72ad2133c8952001cf61d6fc26e980a28314c9dd7d8e4
font_01_sfnt_off00008990.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8990 8676 bytes
SHA-256: e06aca5f85e50ae6cefda302c5299c18ab6d27c174f74f0bb0ee8efa7ccb4468
font_02_sfnt_off00009e1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9E1B 17960 bytes
SHA-256: 02313c49670fbf7343f00752d4f8f282f2b389028f73da699401a8e4fa62a38f