Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7495138de239ca5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.6 KB Created: 2021-06-03 12:02:57 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 77f0aa392610a2a06683e86195d01dd6 SHA-1: b368392f0f559831051800cc8a79560ddf1695ec SHA-256: 7495138de239ca5fbfc5e2b01665a662d4d90b1eb444650fdb3f217efb734dfb
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to a malicious domain, masquerading as a "game hack" or "free generator" to entice clicks. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering attack aimed at driving users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9832

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/479516143/wurst-hacked-client-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-verify_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-rewards-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-spin-pattern_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-spins-link-in-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/master-coin-hack-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/microsoft-bing-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/no-human-verification-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/minecraft-hack-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-links-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-heaven_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/how-to-download-minecraft-for-free-on-windows_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/links-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-bundles_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/minecraft-iphone-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/moonactive-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/hacks-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/minecraft-hack-client-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-download-for-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-tool-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playhack.in/minecraftIn 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_off0000526f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x526F 29012 bytes
SHA-256: c0c2f57a8370e0c6de0220fc9c02b83f8939198f70c5789a8d7c84ad4167d23d
font_01_sfnt_off000093da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x93DA 18324 bytes
SHA-256: c0530dae0908aae9c65ae0320e7c709be86d077002ac81f35dce260cac78bd58