Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7f8ed3187b092416…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.7 KB Created: 2021-06-03 05:06:15 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: c3ea6b3f7c25111bdfdb78db30e34f76 SHA-1: 7d5af8b9cc950b001adb6384d6ccfa3821dee05d SHA-256: 7f8ed3187b09241635246bbe5dd6a3b52978c87c926457cfceab10b8409d0cd3
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to a redirector service that ultimately leads to a 'free generator / game hack' lure. The document body and embedded URLs suggest a social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting malicious sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent, likely to lead users to a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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/406889139/tiradas-coin-master-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-in-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-realms-free-codes_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-clipart-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-com-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-giveaway_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-pubg-uc_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-100-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-apocalypse-rising-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wahoo-gaming-co-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-june-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50-free-spins-coin-master-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xray-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-images_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolorenzale.it/lorenzale/ckfinder/userfiles/files/114-hacks_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
stream_004_off000051ab.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x51AB 24552 bytes
SHA-256: 37d7c75e2fb3c06b99de41239af74b8d12446358ecc3719fee5474433efe7e40
font_01_sfnt_off000089d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x89D7 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 15d95e48d36938550ee5d4d1f29705b15c24be7e4b7e19dd80ff84a2db447fc5