Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 64940e232116b5ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.7 KB Created: 2021-05-13 11:30:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b47179823243f82367fb25d9c76017da SHA-1: b6743edfc5aea1942657abffc139c4cd16aedbd6 SHA-256: 64940e232116b5ae671aa7ca61b6ff37f10e6d8323f4dcf300a3338218d06b57
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded links that redirect to a "Coin Master Hack Spin Generator" website, identified as malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body also includes a clear call-to-action phrase, 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS COIN MASTER GENERATOR', further indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The primary attack vector appears to be luring users to click on malicious URLs disguised as game-related cheats.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0306

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-hack-spin-generator-game-hack In 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_off00003127.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3127 23848 bytes
SHA-256: 74d9c34a9e9b74b84a8dc90d3a2c9ca11a7255ffcf66b28dde725d7792d4bb64
font_01_sfnt_off00006760.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6760 17892 bytes
SHA-256: fb469e3bf9035f41b30956febb327ba05298378f8328666f03cb40abfa022080