Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bd792468f870476…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.7 KB Created: 2021-07-09 02:21:22 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: fc575a265262b7fa29cca9c9b390f311 SHA-1: 9629e2757000debecdb13929108de3eaf6393b4a SHA-256: 8bd792468f87047603a7dfbcd9425608933bb970dff89ca61cbfe5b205747ffb
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that lead to a known malicious redirector, disguised as a generator for game hacks. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for free game items or cheats, which is a common social engineering tactic. No scripts were extracted, but the primary malicious functionality appears to be the redirection to the malicious URL.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/free-minecraft-java-server-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-spin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/2021-free-spins-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-cards-for-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-dday-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-generator-tool_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-matchcomfree-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/assian-free-knife-code-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-with-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-ad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-servers-that-allow-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-claim-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hacks-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-free-sword-fight-game-templates_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/do-robux-generators-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/pubg-uc-whatsapp-group_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-ios-reddit_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-animations_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-prison-life-hack-mac_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning.man1bukittinggi.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/can-you-really-hack-coin-master-ios_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
font_00_sfnt_off000032b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32B5 22828 bytes
SHA-256: 5d7cf7d56d50969a9fa4a0f7b31db8707efdcb51f625383b08fe5031ef739b61
font_01_sfnt_off000065a5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x65A5 18136 bytes
SHA-256: 79ce7aa8dec46b2fdcf29b8d0048edf05813e69cc12e123608cbd366e975b5c1