Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 807231edd1e5e2fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.4 KB Created: 2021-05-22 00:40:34 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: d05169e34084dd7d2fd751d2a8d29a3d SHA-1: 3eeb7b079d065f0c17760bf5dcf6a0f6734d7175 SHA-256: 807231edd1e5e2faba14aaa0825fc26e6c0c3ab1d2626a75cbb589e60c6f6ec3
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, specifically disguised as game hacks and generators. The primary lure URL is https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/download-minecraft-free-hiapphere-game-hack, which is designed to trick users into downloading potentially harmful content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9476

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/479516143/download-minecraft-free-hiapphere-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.furtherstudies.my/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.furtherstudies.my/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/gaming-dunia-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.furtherstudies.my/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.furtherstudies.my/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-wallpaper_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.furtherstudies.my/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.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_002_off00003619.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3619 29108 bytes
SHA-256: 92be2dbb44034e049866822c8aa2ccc58e04eb9fb005058b142c8dfbaa83ffed
font_01_sfnt_off0000781a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x781A 18632 bytes
SHA-256: d5148a3ebf6685d38fa7a82d6609f6f0baf7c57c3f299eff6d795086d297ed64