Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b788c4883da3d99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB Created: 2021-05-14 07:08:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 00b5927e59edf9ca33c77ae12dc9d465 SHA-1: dcc1807b7976eb61c6b3894cd34eee4cdec514aa SHA-256: 8b788c4883da3d9977a626a610cff48bfd08a93f8dab5c26e9025f438c542f9c
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically promoting 'free generator / game hack' lures for popular games. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains references to these lures and the malicious URL. The presence of multiple redirector links and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to lead users to potentially harmful content.

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/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-daily-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coinmaster-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spin-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-earn-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-online_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/wizard-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/mc-update_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-controversy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rbxoffer-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-spins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-to-play-minecraft-servers_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-skins-download-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-pc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-online-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-best_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey-no-download-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-latest-mod-apk-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reach360stock.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-app-hacks_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_003_off00004cc4.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4CC4 24852 bytes
SHA-256: 57eac420dcf8c243db8c7e0c46cc91edcb403fa57f7859f1cf64fe95603ef311
font_01_sfnt_off0000858c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x858C 18480 bytes
SHA-256: afe33923ca989cd5d8a4fb240de59bbfcccaf1928071fdd0e6e63d3de042dc3b