Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8439ad53f360609f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.6 KB Created: 2021-06-07 00:17:27 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: a817374ea1cf011675ca5d98f2675447 SHA-1: e5f069291cb948969256d7c5baac1370fbd4ab1e SHA-256: 8439ad53f360609ff3bad4111687e52a6495c350aa71ac2099cc3278e0fe0ac1
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a malicious redirector link, pointing to a "free generator / game hack" lure. The embedded URL leads to known malicious infrastructure. While no scripts were extracted, the malformed stream length and ML classifier output suggest exploitation or obfuscation techniques are present, common in malicious PDF lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/free-robux-with-fake-account-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-coin-master-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-attack-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/rbx-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/get-free-robux-now_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coinmaster-rewards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-generate-free-coin-master-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-coin-master-using-es-file_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/free-robux-generator-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/roblox-assassin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-roebucks-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/free-robux-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/minecraft-xray-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/simplysarc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/websites-that-give-you-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/appsmob-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-hacks-in-roblox-booga-booga_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/free-robux-app-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bandicam.comIn 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_004_off000051d6.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x51D6 25508 bytes
SHA-256: 5120295def897e8d843ae6c419ebaa9f661b7b69e60ddc2e1d2564bbd5db90fb
font_01_sfnt_off00008b8d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B8D 7272 bytes
SHA-256: f462303657ce1de10d3e7d5ae1fe17c8584116bd5bc216971166de87266da924
font_02_sfnt_off00009cfe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9CFE 19000 bytes
SHA-256: 7537af3fe986fa8f70380a2d0a9b0d8386c9be7ebc236b14d8ff0aee08d6a89f