Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6e0815da23cbdaec…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.1 KB Created: 2021-05-11 18:02:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 1690e7cba55c174ea668ad289e2767b2 SHA-1: 55958a20d568fafd916a9ec005170ee05b5ca625 SHA-256: 6e0815da23cbdaec5705f5884374b48632b25358647c3da41bdce92d2bf9aee2
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically a lure for a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body text also contains similar lures and the malicious URL. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of malicious redirector links strongly suggests an attempt to lead the user to a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0283

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/links-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-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_off00003395.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3395 25056 bytes
SHA-256: 2ac1091fb3f2d1af04200219e2f41e43d6026979891de621267959366649df33
font_01_sfnt_off00006c89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C89 18056 bytes
SHA-256: 09d5214532ffde87c42515cbc4f454f72aa6a3fcd547f3e5323fe8ee16367066