Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 86e3bef13f71be64…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.1 KB Created: 2021-05-23 01:11:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 11cc1061dd5d15805b49c112528bef29 SHA-1: 5c2a8fe27d1c830ef49d6d930621f41673a31c5e SHA-256: 86e3bef13f71be64c1daeda7003c20469917dcbf3319834e10199c4d5dff6a8f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded URLs and a prominent call-to-action button, masquerading as a game hack generator. The primary URL, 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-noob-vs-pro-vs-hacker-vs-god-game-hack', is identified as a malicious redirector. This suggests the document's purpose is to trick users into visiting malicious sites, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7462

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/minecraft-noob-vs-pro-vs-hacker-vs-god-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mipm.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mipm.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-cards-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mipm.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-me_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mipm.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-adopt-me-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mipm.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-free-robux_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_off0000331f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x331F 29864 bytes
SHA-256: efff2509023c4bf470d4419530ee2eea385a6e38d498e5ca771f9b96d6163d00
font_01_sfnt_off000074d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74D8 2856 bytes
SHA-256: 8c5d9bcb386d88c7f99323d8d482e46ea21dea038a5b842744dd5d39b26b2c44
font_02_sfnt_off00007eae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7EAE 18500 bytes
SHA-256: 35163f059b41a7a3602679841a335cd83055ee85c0a72342166b4475486ea273