Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f36491b6ab245e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 20:00:23 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 001269e188cec0a9dea04c6a134c5282 SHA-1: f45144432e75904857fd49ef307a12d1e220db60 SHA-256: 7f36491b6ab245e3ecaf353968f1a4f80517b4ef117d80467f7d1abad9ed4d50
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded links, with a primary URL identified as a malicious redirector. The document body and heuristic firings indicate a lure for free game currency or hacks, directing users to the malicious URL. This suggests an attempt to lead users to a malicious site, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-can-you-get-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-windows-10-free-code_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-without-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/01-know-this-free-robux-secret_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-online-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-mining-tycoon-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-zone-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/login-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/pokemon-go-free-trainer-codes_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/www-roblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-deals_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/robux-hack-me_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/master-coin-master-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-coins-and-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/can-you-really-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/wwwcoin-master-hack-game-download_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
font_00_sfnt_off00003584.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3584 22988 bytes
SHA-256: 0b00004bbba1e052085d218fe5906a4a6c8a2b0bbca8ba9f7509c7a7f0619cde
font_01_sfnt_off0000693a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x693A 19144 bytes
SHA-256: 8668bba6b571f2ff0c38dc1335afffc5959d5ef775e0221b19e79d7de012f826