Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 746ac44615bf3b75…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.5 KB Created: 2021-05-16 22:30:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 4632324d5f025df6d1d02c63f580a0c9 SHA-1: 6ca35d99e3305a28cd4c20ea9253d9e43fa2f459 SHA-256: 746ac44615bf3b753d15514082cea200654387fc1e8eecc4ad0a602383234158
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free generator' and 'game hack' lures. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to these lures and an embedded URL. The presence of multiple malicious redirector links strongly indicates a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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/431946152/is-there-a-way-to-get-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-new_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-coin-master-free-spin-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-without-doing-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-generated-from-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-a2z-help_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-free-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-robux-websites_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-earn_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-com-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-on-phone_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-send-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hacks-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coinmaster-fan-page_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/moonactive-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-game_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-spin-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-more-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pswpallets.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-generator_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_003_off00004dd7.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4DD7 28264 bytes
SHA-256: 241f4d3a83bb6406af63efeead9fd318e3a4a15d03556961c78bdde273992d10
font_01_sfnt_off00008dbe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8DBE 18892 bytes
SHA-256: e2ca2daecae93cd27ff1d51a172310d30bada5b25af9f9600d3ad780ee102f76