Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79c9f2cc58598df4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.5 KB Created: 2021-05-21 14:34:46 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 66bfbcb566b9891b07181fd31a622e1d SHA-1: 69cbaef7cc3e7f7b6307cd06df0f827d681c9c70 SHA-256: 79c9f2cc58598df445d1da0a1a873b96fb1112d97b49e54ff16512ff329be2b8
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and lures users with promises of free game currency or hacks. The document body and embedded URLs suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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/best-free-robux-sites-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://mansatupati.my.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansatupati.my.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/easy-way-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansatupati.my.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansatupati.my.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mansatupati.my.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000332e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x332E 26628 bytes
SHA-256: 5b5c3b0e69f81280addf52cd705c9417fb58725107bfc0ed8aa6db62206fd418
font_01_sfnt_off00006f0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F0D 2904 bytes
SHA-256: 84d7be34b7337fb85cd642874581499e0cce509d04e0e17eff9111accf592b56
font_02_sfnt_off00007918.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7918 18236 bytes
SHA-256: 68f5330c443815a71c203001c9650c5b168215c0ad869b16e6a359c0f2b36386