Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59942eab6a08dbe9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB Created: 2021-05-14 13:01:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 762fbe7135f1faf71cb403d50b670143 SHA-1: c839058932f6800f2f69c625aaf903f10ee535d2 SHA-256: 59942eab6a08dbe966c8ec33551c56808af1a2944862b0b5085e5b8a50239f11
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, including one that masquerades as a 'free generator / game hack'. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

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/real-robux-generator-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-a-refund-on-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-spins-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-gg_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-games-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-34-4-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-cards-for-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-35-11_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-script-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-com-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-clothes-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-2021-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/buy-robux-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-i-download-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-hacktoman_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-no-verification-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-ids-for-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-promo-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kdlscaffolding.co.uk/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-2021_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
font_00_sfnt_off00004b6a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4B6A 25260 bytes
SHA-256: 2e6792ea9b52628d074aa50765aeb59343d0d330e2c319ca256b615dd76b3d8a
font_01_sfnt_off00008623.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8623 18256 bytes
SHA-256: 906ea21e34abb327d49597c14d5b17b7cc18bd5fadfd873c2347cb1d5c8b4ad6