Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6ecd0e93b754819f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.3 KB Created: 2021-06-03 15:18:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 669c0765b90fbb21da27919ddede841b SHA-1: 158c898d04bebbc439d7451a87e2ab1f1cca2bb4 SHA-256: 6ecd0e93b754819fa4f5b9cd55e2e7463a54bdc76f4641e49a73e12c77524e58
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to a known malicious infrastructure. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains a URL that matches the heuristic findings. This suggests the primary purpose is to redirect users to a malicious site, likely for malware distribution or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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/1094591345/pokemon-go-free-play-online-without-downloading-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/demon-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/minecraft-pe-hacks-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/tryrbx-site-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-spin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/is-minecraft-education-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-free-minecoins-in-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/how-to-make-a-minecraft-pe-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/mcpe-master-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/robux-generator-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/can-you-get-free-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-spin-hack-no-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-invite-friends-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/minecraft-survival-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/easy-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/free-robux-without-human-verification-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/free-robux-generator-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jcn.co.uk/uploads/files/files/free-spin-link-for-coin-master_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_off00004eb6.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4EB6 24316 bytes
SHA-256: 4afe46d66a50578774ff4beb7a6e1105cb6c8aa6652d11b52b4c55b398f49084
font_01_sfnt_off00008634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8634 19848 bytes
SHA-256: ba8c2efbd4fe729e68661c8ab1a99ca76bd76d5f97c2cf1fd89f6f2b5c1d7664