Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7035689465ebf2de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-05-23 16:04:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 1c575fe1fb6b471bf775d2e5a7e843ef SHA-1: 3151785186ed41e7a662b1787ab6961df751bebc SHA-256: 7035689465ebf2de0153d0c5443973c6aa608c41662d2f242cd0c1924ca73991
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple lures for 'free followers' or 'game hacks', directing users to external URLs. The primary URL, https://netcdn.xyz/app/835599320/free-tiktok-followers-no-survey-game-hack, is flagged as a redirector for game hacks. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to trick users into visiting malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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/835599320/free-tiktok-followers-no-survey-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.maranata4x4.co.za/images/how-to-get-20210-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maranata4x4.co.za/images/how-to-hack-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maranata4x4.co.za/images/coinmaster-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maranata4x4.co.za/images/free-robux-generator-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maranata4x4.co.za/images/coin-master-free-spins-link-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_002_off000031e8.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31E8 24740 bytes
SHA-256: 580af587e0da5e0ffb28b040b51dbc8d2245cfc57c633fb1346eef4e3b9f1660
font_01_sfnt_off00006b22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B22 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 4d5ae90dc7158db100f8a60f18795856627c30e44bb6186b706c2f28ceb56c30