Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a1b35b1d055f1d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.1 KB Created: 2021-07-19 22:51:52 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: dc3e1296b740c63cefea804252bea259 SHA-1: 8e7f151f6be4d035c8b990109a42af4565b8e8e2 SHA-256: 7a1b35b1d055f1d68b7295a65e366d1c2b5a407c3a7caa0bd9a4e8e0ea1cede8
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains multiple heuristics indicating it is malicious, specifically pointing to a redirector link that lures users with promises of 'game hacks' or 'generators'. The document body and embedded URLs reinforce this lure, directing users to potentially malicious sites. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/best-free-minecraft-server-hosting-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/ways-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/rbx-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/earn-free-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/how-can-i-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/minecraft-java-free-trial_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/adopt-me-roblox-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/free-coin-master-spins-blog_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/robux-matchcomfree-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sensationboats.com/images/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-for-free_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_off00002917.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2917 21428 bytes
SHA-256: cec55357080f32d0791fcb15857341df3880cf6455c6e051d95af9cbc80407bb
font_01_sfnt_off00005765.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5765 18328 bytes
SHA-256: 0b2d28431e5234c57104fb234e5f183f246f5a4819408a3d571d7ab08b18c1e5