Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 583abc97a82b286d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.4 KB Created: 2021-05-16 11:20:44 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 822dc5b65ead360bcddf288af69e149a SHA-1: 8d5980a5f567b71fe0821f72ba587f9f40f6a03c SHA-256: 583abc97a82b286d214022ea7f16f39368564f2ad5a7f4ebf3141aeb15b07246
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'game hacks' and 'free coins'. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to these lures and the malicious URL. The presence of these links and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

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/406889139/coin-master-free-coins-today-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-email_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/daily-free-spins-and-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-that-you-can-play-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/give-me-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/who-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coins-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-clothing-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-links-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-game-hack-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-online-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/master-coin-hack-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-fan-page-giveaway_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-roblox-credit-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-without-verification-or-downloading-apps_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/blogspot-coin-master-free-spins_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_off000048d5.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x48D5 24048 bytes
SHA-256: 37859ecb5eac67a078ef0d61f4baf4141e0ee7d5714427ed69172d784fb80757
font_01_sfnt_off00007fd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FD4 18064 bytes
SHA-256: e394056c4eb74bb544619b5782ef65607dab53e2149678f6173de5f10ac76a14