Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8aff8b9a74e44de9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.8 KB Created: 2021-06-09 04:22:05 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 948205b21d1ee1c4c1b4ac59de9cfd6b SHA-1: 29e4adf29217fca41b7659ce199b24fb72a50074 SHA-256: 8aff8b9a74e44de91e697f045e76c827968cc03a0b7a0917426d8900e26e6016
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting game hacks and generators. The primary link, https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/ban-script-hack-for-roblox-game-hack, is identified as a malicious redirector. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the PDF and its embedded links strongly suggests an attempt to lead the user to a malicious site, likely for further exploitation or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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.tw/app/431946152/ban-script-hack-for-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hacks-and-cheats_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/mcpe-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-mod_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-obc-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-hacks-in-jailbreak-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-apk-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/hacks-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/how-to-download-minecraft-for-free-on-iphone_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/minecraft-18-9-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/40-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-coin-master-with-lucky-patcher_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-hack-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/free-spin-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digilib.stikesindramayu.ac.id/repository/is-minecraft-free-on-ps4_GM479516143.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_004_off0000511f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x511F 25100 bytes
SHA-256: c56529699e6fb5e2a40536266020d6d366ca906120dcae5f0cfcb76cedf59522
font_01_sfnt_off00008b38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8B38 18748 bytes
SHA-256: 4f8d6b426067574c7be94ac52256b615b98c3aef733b9241a417195a77f4aecb