Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65d1c5cd5b9bc548…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.3 KB Created: 2021-06-11 06:11:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a6b601274f4d5099a01ca9b5739028b2 SHA-1: f15fc6d6f168816ebd61146fee9de689ddb070e7 SHA-256: 65d1c5cd5b9bc548675a81ed78c3d88aac4ee62198d95aec8e1d236d2bdad341
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/how-to-follow-a-player-everywhere-he-goes-roblox-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-download-minecraft-windows-10-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-offline-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-hack-peoples-roblox-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/free-coins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/minecraft-bedrock-free-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/free-robux-codes-50-rubux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/how-do-i-hack-roblox-to-give-me-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/latest-free-spin-coin-master-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-make-a-minecraft-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-cheat-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/free-spins-coin-master-november-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/rbx-land-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-get-free-robux-in-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/free-robux-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-today-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/free-robux-gift-card-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/how-to-get-minecraft-dungeons-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/wurst-client-18-9_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loba.com.vn/public/upload/files/download-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off000051a2.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x51A2 24392 bytes
SHA-256: d6523762897b530b5ac00a3f781c124af47a3ee79f82321c50a29a6fb75de5ef
font_01_sfnt_off000089c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x89C1 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 787e0768241fb57660bcc9c7f726cf687277c463cdf8c586c4782ee9d03c3606
font_02_sfnt_off00009380.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9380 19124 bytes
SHA-256: 272a3b5a35c15e00de6b2963089febbc144dedc2f5b4761662e7988a7b35a2fa