Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76e6d9df979c13c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.9 KB Created: 2021-05-16 21:28:00 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: f43732814e08e88e05ddc691ad93e9fd SHA-1: a9a4275f0040199b5cddf04ec0cf3e715741df2b SHA-256: 76e6d9df979c13c74fcbe30004a01913ca7ae15666c49e3870bf9aeb74aa2690
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a prominent link to a 'game hack' website, identified by heuristics as a lure for malicious activity. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, also contains this URL. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF format itself can embed JavaScript, and the ML classifier strongly indicates malicious intent, likely to redirect the user to a site that downloads malware or initiates a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/406889139/coin-master-hacks-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/make-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/www-claim-gg-to-earn-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-key-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-bedrock-edition-download-pc-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-win-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-spin-link-coin-master-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-creative-mode-in-minecraft-server-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/earn-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-zone-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/robux-in_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-hacked-client-112-2_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-coin-and-spin-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-time-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-games-with-free-radio_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-promo-codes-for-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/offers-to-complete-and-get-free-spins-in-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_003_off00004d6a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4D6A 24944 bytes
SHA-256: 062e61a447252ddd8dc16bb9076982a62545ffe43b298eb189e848d9e6907a61
font_01_sfnt_off000086ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x86EC 17716 bytes
SHA-256: c15a8689411d8cca9ab0759ab4c496fe9b4353d676dd738e300719e9588112ed