Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 88a34873a62f5ec1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.8 KB Created: 2021-05-12 11:03:27 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 6609aeb878dba07d520f29867ccd8efc SHA-1: 32a281db6f134d193ff1e33cb3e12c33302babe7 SHA-256: 88a34873a62f5ec17535ed64a256c4332543cd7244dbdff716237d32de2a3fd3
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising 'free generators' and 'game hacks' to lure users. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains a primary URL that is also flagged as a malicious redirector. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or social engineering attack aimed at driving traffic to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/406889139/daily-coin-master-free-spin-link-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-coin-link-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/hacker-minecraft-song_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/guide--coin-master-free-tips_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-hack-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/games-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/roblox-people-girl_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-game-pack-with-google-play-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-spin-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/best-site-for-free-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/roblox-free-clothes-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-coin-master-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/roblox-gang-rape_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-robux-generator-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-cards-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-robux-quiz_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spin-link-new_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.en.guofuhee.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-to-hack-roblox-on-mobile_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_003_off00004937.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4937 24132 bytes
SHA-256: b2bfd4d247f6da586455cb6f3e2a3a3b3f94a7c781b2fc2aafec1aa2c0cfc645
font_01_sfnt_off0000809c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x809C 18476 bytes
SHA-256: 0e8ff706f766ebeac8fd51df3b46864e48e50accc558ba14dc70aa8347bf43ac