Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a3f42d1c3ce06c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2021-05-24 06:48:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 35e00c1c073d76225d4621ec8fcc3708 SHA-1: 8243b32ddcb8520b9b6ad8d6570c4864e24dd833 SHA-256: 8a3f42d1c3ce06c01743e97c94ef2a61128466176e2e4c503359f97e6cd55ad6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as game hacks or generators. The primary lure is for a 'Roblox Password Hacker', directing users to a URL that hosts further malicious PDFs. The ML classifier also flagged this document as malicious. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading or executing further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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/431946152/roblox-password-hacker-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://kitchenset-jogja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-legitimate-hack-without-signing-up-or-shareing_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitchenset-jogja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-cracked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitchenset-jogja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-and-spin-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitchenset-jogja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/freespins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitchenset-jogja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-spins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.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_off00003291.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3291 26928 bytes
SHA-256: 87aadacb8935c9d3045547e4b0cf1f982ac4980d3b2ab7f3df0cc7a2450ba1ee
font_01_sfnt_off00006edb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EDB 18672 bytes
SHA-256: 2bdb07dac700063222d9705cc7006270fda87721bb9ffc7ab205fe7d4072a16f