Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 83de3e49727f8c55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.0 KB Created: 2021-05-25 11:31:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 2514ffe02724d587310d41104b57b48b SHA-1: 6cea16ce584bbc39b9d3bfeb07689b91ec5aefa9 SHA-256: 83de3e49727f8c5567ce2d3101e80756bd1c08d1061236bc9fd0b326d68411f9
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to redirectors and lures users with promises of game hacks and free currency, which is a common social engineering tactic. The heuristic firings indicate the document links to malicious redirectors and attempts to recover secret information, likely to facilitate credential theft or further malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the document structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Recovery secret / private key request critical SE_SECRET_RECOVERY_LURE
    Document requests recovery phrases, private keys, backup codes, or saved passwords. Requests for these secrets in a document are high-risk.
  • 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/406889139/coin-master-daily-free-spins-and-coins-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/haktuts-coin-master-free-spin-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/http-appsmob-info-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/are-there-any-coin-master-hacks-that-actually-work_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-links-coin-master-october-30-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn1bandung.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-controversy_GM431946152.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_off00003245.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3245 24600 bytes
SHA-256: a3f74de8faa88f7a574c1e4c86f409273f0b94b07eabe1fb36e94673647f44ff
font_01_sfnt_off00006a78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A78 3380 bytes
SHA-256: 1dd933c112880b232546f3aab6a17784a8f412d39fd551cc6eb31c5a04c3ce57
font_02_sfnt_off00007661.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7661 18480 bytes
SHA-256: 323fea871d3154f9ddf991b22fd859b77165b4ee4e2d03de0fe4666202988bbb