Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 529f7c1410d00bc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.8 KB Created: 2021-05-13 17:33:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: d9330bce7853589be18d68359589e9c5 SHA-1: f5283786a0e1f16021ae33e177888699efa8de08 SHA-256: 529f7c1410d00bc391f63f6b933d29f346b40648ce7f5ad8e338b912614af9d2
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting game hacks and cheats. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-hack-download-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering tactic to drive users to potentially harmful content, likely as a lure for further malware delivery or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9432

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-hack-download-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/free-fire-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-cards-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/hack-coin-master-online-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-gift-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/install-free-game-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/roblox-gift-card-online-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/free-robux-hack-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/200-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/minecraft-windows-10-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/daily-free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/get-free-robux-info_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/minecraft-coins-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/daily-coin-master-free-spin-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/roblox-old-avatar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-human-verification-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/easy-way-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/10-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib-ppsunisma.ac.id/repository/robux-fun-hack_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_003_off00004b8d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B8D 25456 bytes
SHA-256: 1835f235372e86348cf0ca0880738e3d6b6f2db8fef684ea558a7b7f432dce95
font_01_sfnt_off0000856b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x856B 3048 bytes
SHA-256: 6f634f415d706530fbb5de7312a36a6d314c76ba23089e1b99df025b5c4e66cc
font_02_sfnt_off00008fec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8FEC 18460 bytes
SHA-256: 1986b917a50867421859734d90e96ce19f33df6ec3e97c13366e475f22860bb7