Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c6089d6253767bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.5 KB Created: 2021-05-21 23:17:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 115759230c3c9c62f64341a68531aea0 SHA-1: c9875b186a93d2f25aa9af3b012b502079528370 SHA-256: 8c6089d6253767bf19122652e6db90ec05a1fd81da955cb273665fe8d859d457
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, including one that masquerades as a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body also contains a call-to-action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', further reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or redirection attack designed to lead users to malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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/479516143/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/prison-life-roblox-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moonactive-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/moonactive-coin-master-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-discord-servers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sman1negara.sch.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sigmaclient.info#2In PDF document text
    • https://flux.today#3In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003662.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3662 24924 bytes
SHA-256: 8137a96eab5255f1566c6ec0e7ccbff9d8d8b0e702823cec081db58dffd09cb4
font_01_sfnt_off00006f51.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F51 2892 bytes
SHA-256: c2578a292634a901613c1dd9f9883dd4930e6811e59ae03d696f263e56ea17b4
font_02_sfnt_off0000793a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x793A 18156 bytes
SHA-256: 7ebd6cc6f7d73451d43dfe99dc02d56d86c4e3c51693199467050b16fbe82799