Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c0659dcebbb7223…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.3 KB Created: 2021-06-09 05:05:46 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 22e71093502d91dcf5bf0fb97082b0ba SHA-1: 558031aa9e772531dea7e7b8aafebc729a5ac711 SHA-256: 4c0659dcebbb7223e2bb2a1ae03fe1134bdbde03b83867a38d8384b4528fd65b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as game hacks or generators, which is a common social engineering tactic. The primary redirector URL is https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/car-sim-free-car-roblox-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a malicious redirector workflow, likely leading to further malware download or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

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.tw/app/431946152/car-sim-free-car-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/hack-my-game-xyz-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/easy-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/free-robux-games-that-actually-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-get-free-money-on-arsenal-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/coin-master-gold-cards-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/roblox-arsenal-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/coin-master-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/roblox-booga-booga-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/coin-master-free-spins-cheats_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/coin-master-free-cards-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/free-printable-minecraft-coloring-pages_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-hack-bleach-soul-of-end-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/coin-master-hack-for-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-get-a-free-dominus-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasca.unisba.ac.id/elibrary/repository/how-to-hack-someones-minecraft-account_GM479516143.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_off000053a2.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x53A2 27236 bytes
SHA-256: 2506fbfa4279dcf3a0bf9dd80ee7fd212bc2738e64342b92db69e9bc80c945f5
font_01_sfnt_off0000908a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x908A 3944 bytes
SHA-256: 081569ec119746cc4db5e65c324be5d90361ff1f928a16f4e5d08db70348f444
font_02_sfnt_off00009d75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9D75 18556 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec7badb6644b179a4368a2edac88e392daca53d6ccfa58cb766c782a51f0e05