Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92659af2e3eb4c2c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.6 KB Created: 2021-05-14 20:37:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 50af6b652012b23f1547a53727782d38 SHA-1: aab5c448974f7cd08ede9944553dd88a5191ae0a SHA-256: 92659af2e3eb4c2ce55ba52f7588314818b7ed411f2c54443b95d76d7cd6ae5b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to a known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'game hacks' and 'free spins'. The presence of a visual download button lure further supports a phishing or scam attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content or further download stages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8948

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-spin-and-coin-links-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-on-ipad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/microsoft-bing-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-toolbox-premium-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hacks-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-co_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-ios-mods_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-links-to-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-severs_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-play-now_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-real-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-cheat_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-list_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-page_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-premium-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/i-got-hacked-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sses.com.sa/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/appsmob-info-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn 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_003_off00004c4d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4C4D 27288 bytes
SHA-256: 43da668c16f6c49698cc356be8b4f728d2c53a013aec26e323ad030cf051b3e1
font_01_sfnt_off00008a01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A01 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off000093b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x93B2 18228 bytes
SHA-256: ab1c4cdc214a6baf81a15e2f62a40ea9cfbbbf407f0f3dd1c7564e467cf0dae2