Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5a5ff613310814e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.5 KB Created: 2021-06-03 22:02:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: e73c38d397a1f9da79ddae77ef832384 SHA-1: 4c14b7dbf5e9dda3153fc97fb0c014df099d7cd4 SHA-256: 5a5ff613310814e68f828e6b366ee0e9843cab26404668058c7087a68059c028
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'game hacks' and 'free spins'. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the embedded URLs are known to lead to potentially harmful content. The document's primary function appears to be luring users to click these links, likely leading to further malware downloads or phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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.online/app/406889139/get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/without-human-verification-pubg-uc-hack_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-free-link-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-hack-2021-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/free-robux-generator-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/free-robux-just-enter-username_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/free-minecraft-account-generator_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/minecraft-hack-client-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-hack-version-download-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/minecraft-pe-free-download-ios-no-jailbreak_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/minecraft-for-free-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/free-tiktok-followers-no-human-verification_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-map_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-400-spin-link-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/lazyblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/roblox-help-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-hack-without-verification-code_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-free-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/free-tiktok-followers-and-likes_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.js100.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/coin-master-time-hack_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_004_off0000546e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x546E 25392 bytes
SHA-256: 976996b5aa9253240d86f8193719ff3e9d9d2493f60b5b739ed3bd0867f80177
font_01_sfnt_off00008f38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8F38 18288 bytes
SHA-256: 51edae499e96af11139ef94313efcbf906f73cd888d739ca20624da83f1b55af