Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fadda9365340523…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.2 KB Created: 2021-05-22 12:35:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: cb9d4667e64200b94190a8ceab23157b SHA-1: ac9fe975e9ab9312d280c50691671bceb4a3d052 SHA-256: 4fadda9365340523e00bf580f5bf90688e413a52f79ae4ff2e7cd3ae063cfd47
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious redirector links, specifically targeting users with lures related to game hacks and generators. The document body and embedded URLs reinforce this, pointing to sites that likely host further malicious content or phishing attempts. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure itself facilitates these malicious redirects.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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-free-version-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://grosirhandukselimut.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-using-es-file_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grosirhandukselimut.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/my-roblox-avatar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grosirhandukselimut.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mobihack-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grosirhandukselimut.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/what-games-on-roblox-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grosirhandukselimut.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-more-robux_GM431946152.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_002_off000035f2.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35F2 24888 bytes
SHA-256: d08a22e6c307d507bb20ed4d7a323d80e98616c6b6d1971cc5b1cf5f557bce93
font_01_sfnt_off00006ed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6ED6 3128 bytes
SHA-256: 801f6fa60decd1add2f223f91580103c35e150c924465f86a7a572b3e00674f9
font_02_sfnt_off00007916.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7916 17844 bytes
SHA-256: f3924605f7b3f22f10abcb19e882a5c4663272546a5aeaf73baf968c6ecbf21f