Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 66f7c05a85b3bb0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.2 KB Created: 2021-06-03 06:44:43 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 8961fd48ea063574d3f63e8fc260231b SHA-1: d1d86ee78fb608e2c37462aa11e9ac68198faeda SHA-256: 66f7c05a85b3bb0dc98433a450224364aef1297a7669aa5b10307caf6be70fb7
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains multiple links to a redirector hosted on 'netcdn.online', which is flagged as malicious and associated with game hack lures. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'tiktok free verified game hack' and the malicious URL. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

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/835599320/tiktok-free-verified-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/500-free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-android-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/op-rewards-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/free-robux-glitch-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/robux-generator-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/100-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-texture-packs_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/free-roblox-acc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-app_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/plug-toolbox-for-minecraft-free-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/free-modded-minecraft-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/como-hackear-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/free-vip-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lincolnec.edu.np/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_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_off000050df.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x50DF 27424 bytes
SHA-256: 7d979d789d499057eb958659b0ff66ee738f91f219cf1ba9a9c34697cd3ce95c
font_01_sfnt_off00008fb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8FB2 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 034f9ff95e7c96add70377fb29b4417a9cf12564d23b6fb74439f0c246641ffa