Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 718c8e4d6dd64659…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB Created: 2021-06-08 08:27:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5716b4a2b39cc01526824d0d189badc2 SHA-1: 8e26b40253b85fd9c66756a3d7d683df5ce74489 SHA-256: 718c8e4d6dd6465900e5f5b4379c0fede7138600b05ec936db870fbc6cc4add8
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising free game hacks and generators. The primary lure URL is https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-roblox-accessories-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering tactic to drive users to malicious sites, likely for further payload delivery or phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9874

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.tw/app/431946152/free-roblox-accessories-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/minecraft-svg-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/cute-free-roblox-outfits_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free-on-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-codes_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-and-coins-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/bux-life-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-for-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-for-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/hacked-client-for-minecraft-bedrock_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/minecraft-pe-hacks-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-hacker-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-a-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-password_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-not-a-scam_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.fhuk.unand.ac.id/repository/minecraft-realms-free-trial_GM479516143.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
font_00_sfnt_off00004e5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4E5D 24436 bytes
SHA-256: 419f7d85478786ea695d3a7b825847b1f2d007b47455cc4a474df98995b98acb
font_01_sfnt_off00008659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8659 18068 bytes
SHA-256: b7fafcf614b1abbd80a891683bfb0ea6d0303dc117aefa34ccf671ed5cc38e77