Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51cd58a7074bf70d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.0 KB Created: 2021-05-14 23:01:07 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 87a8c77b3782ba935a6704453d47c975 SHA-1: c7da9b9752ec255051d63bbe9df35d64961466ff SHA-256: 51cd58a7074bf70d883acbf1d760d26260ceef70700648c24882cca7d97dd0b4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to a known malicious URL. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains this URL and other benign-looking PDF links. The primary malicious URL is likely intended to lead users to a phishing or malware download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/431946152/roblox-free-robux-website-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-114-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/girl-roblox-avatar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/games-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-deutsch-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-2021-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/spin-hack-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-trick_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/spins-gratis-coin-master-hoy_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-apk-33_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-laptop_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-activegamer_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/com-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-2021-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/cmaster-club-coin-master-hack-tool_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.longford.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-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
stream_003_off00004446.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4446 25296 bytes
SHA-256: 91f3bb071f1d2bbd7a24518e93585eb0464c60ac98aa18ea4ac9735ec1c36573
font_01_sfnt_off00007d39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7D39 18508 bytes
SHA-256: fbcd203c7e924a0ebec4ef4aa0eb55ec8b14d1abcc2767c4f5d3ad1ccc86f8e3