Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95341be477db8186…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.6 KB Created: 2021-06-03 06:03:24 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 27044c5cb1d0c7646b3572cefa2f89ce SHA-1: 690475755487618cda0cda5d88655d8f844385b9 SHA-256: 95341be477db8186a8073d7aa3f7f996f2ebe00972526f8fd1faeb090e2db357
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and lures users with promises of game hacks and free generators. The embedded URL https://netcdn.online/app/479516143/minecraft-hack-2021-game-hack is directly associated with a game hack lure, indicating a social engineering attempt to drive traffic to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a malicious redirection workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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.online/app/479516143/minecraft-hack-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/add-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roebucks-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pokemon-go-free-friends_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-microsoft_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-quiz_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-pins_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rbx-land-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-for-free-games_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verify_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/archery-master-3d-unlimited-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/funbloxxyz-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-mac_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/pokemon-go-free-150_GM1094591345.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_off000052c2.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x52C2 25392 bytes
SHA-256: 7b27cd4eeaa3bcaf3f785dea4a82424d9577fa80e63a02d5e2dc419be1fe9bf1
font_01_sfnt_off00008c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8C48 18140 bytes
SHA-256: c4871d7a9fac3ab188a2e56e86996e0c49dc42d21a9daf4a9eb4f35130b88c58