Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e2724f667e9bd42…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2021-06-10 21:53:25 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 22dd7c92f96229f0687f3c0bfe7007b3 SHA-1: 346c87a616ad2e303fcb37ea91e5ffd19458052a SHA-256: 8e2724f667e9bd42205a5341d0e96a7478b19be032e6268f2087f91bd9894970
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically targeting users with lures for game hacks and free Robux. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/get-newer-phone-for-free-robux-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a redirection-based attack designed to lead users to potentially harmful content or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9832

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/get-newer-phone-for-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/best-free-minecraft-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/free-robux-group-payouts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/freerobuxhack-us-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-rewards-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-date-and-time-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-robux-working_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/how-to-start-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/roblox-phantom-forces-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/how-you-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-bonus_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/free-coins-on-coin-master-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/coin-master-gold-cards-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-robux-codes-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/how-to-add-mods-to-minecraft-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/pokemon-go-free-coins-apk_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/how-to-get-robux-without-paying_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/free-robux-without-verify_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-robux-website_GM431946152.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_off0000511e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x511E 30368 bytes
SHA-256: 998d3ac960818bb998929cb849b66188bd26f0b9b36107e273cd4746fc9e9d04
font_01_sfnt_off0000952b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x952B 18600 bytes
SHA-256: 7bc7a3e682b4493998451abcb1776d4c81b4cbf0a5d89ea2dc37f91de4584740