Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4df33ec6b116fce7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.4 KB Created: 2021-05-22 12:42:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: db3e6a59c2fa2487719fc85062cd0133 SHA-1: a59c34a8c16ba83eec1c2327aab16fa649c91e0f SHA-256: 4df33ec6b116fce7c81322dd2464911de4e6e5fdf28e333a1b6a0f2437c223af
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, including one identified as a malicious redirector. The document body explicitly mentions 'Minecraft Name Tag Hacks' and 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', indicating a lure for users to download potentially malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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/479516143/minecraft-name-tag-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-cards-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/best-hack-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-spin-ml-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningman2.man2palembang.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-tiktok-likes-generator_GM835599320.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_002_off0000352c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x352C 25036 bytes
SHA-256: e0d04847c2c75631d9176dccc56625d41d7c2e6ff63ebf8e3e68521255a773f3
font_01_sfnt_off00006d4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D4C 18288 bytes
SHA-256: eb7ed4260d6d64c3cd9f3242d6af3157cea31df7eff6e4be90ec8e6c005c47d1