Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 576899b3b2c09f00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.7 KB Created: 2021-05-14 09:34:53 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7859af86169f8de3d91ff72e7f2f8254 SHA-1: 0aa4e6f917bb2a83ce3563ef162da11bfbf4d0a0 SHA-256: 576899b3b2c09f009eb0bb9c50b0d62fb639c23220c505ba7695d82dd315a652
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically promoting "game hacks" and "generators". The document body, though partially garbled, contains references to these lures and the primary malicious URL. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or social engineering attack aimed at redirecting users to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8642

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/406889139/coin-master-invite-friends-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-apk-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-spins-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-free-on-xbox-one_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-unlimited-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/best-free-robux-sites_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-wurst-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-spin-daily-link-net_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coinmaster-twitter_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-script-executor-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/what-games-give-you-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/what-is-exploiting-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-coin-master-free-spin-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-iphone_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-play-as-guest-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.visionledindia.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-gold-cards-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004a8a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A8A 25396 bytes
SHA-256: 7321f5470db27d633cfa00aae526a2e680936ad14b7fb18de61de01f129ebd14
font_01_sfnt_off00008458.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8458 4028 bytes
SHA-256: a17c2a746d49ac23b23e38a371e32fddecfcd91b10cf42ff6155bff6b8a07e91
font_02_sfnt_off000091f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x91F9 2788 bytes
SHA-256: 6fd7c7f447d66842f81aa8cf197935b17f22157d0c7e9f95622df1b5b4ddf530
font_03_sfnt_off00009be9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9BE9 18168 bytes
SHA-256: c17a72e64d9a2a6235616ffea6c8e10af0ac15902f6f69ce92b08fd46b474d67