Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6aad271d98735091…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.3 KB Created: 2021-07-19 19:53:52 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4ad6f2f3dabece7425984496ebfa956f SHA-1: 3c2e86ac317d8ac1fb95021859f08a09a950f0eb SHA-256: 6aad271d98735091cba0ab9fb3a14706600c3bd612a9631eed27172b259aac57
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'game hacks' and 'free spins'. The presence of multiple links to similar lure content suggests a phishing or scamming attempt. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9216

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/406889139/coin-master-fan-page-free-spins-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-downloading-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-education-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rbx-gg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-from-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-followers-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-quiz_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-games-that-actually-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aits.co.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiktok-views-free_GM835599320.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
font_00_sfnt_off00002cc0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2CC0 23448 bytes
SHA-256: 545a45edfff739eeee3aec01ab6b71cf37f63795e4c986329f1b49f38ce63865
font_01_sfnt_off000061ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61BA 2896 bytes
SHA-256: c1a618813a64314343402b2ec738fc11c4c912460a4c7ae3029924d2f9a229cd
font_02_sfnt_off00006ba0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6BA0 18328 bytes
SHA-256: d106028e9c816c4ed38d7f9dbfb4c1b42a2571be69ef627f7b4a635c4c6a8b94