Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 966860415bf766c7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.5 KB Created: 2021-05-20 22:11:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 640547fcffd0590ad8d734650827583b SHA-1: 55c0f9f91b5a435df97d536b7d9d3a6c462c7082 SHA-256: 966860415bf766c75dc274a4b74f07fd0ae5ca9907168816245692d852ab2d46
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links and a call-to-action phrase designed to trick the user into downloading a game hack. The primary link redirects to known malicious infrastructure, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the document structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a social engineering lure for initial access.

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/minecraft-pocket-edition-free-apk-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.bmta.co.uk/images/lastrick-com-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmta.co.uk/images/free-bling-bling-card-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmta.co.uk/images/coin-master-time-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmta.co.uk/images/coin-master-free-spins-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmta.co.uk/images/extra-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freegiftcodes.euIn 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
font_00_sfnt_off000033a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33A2 24704 bytes
SHA-256: f529288c97344ae028724632ba275b8545ae60421161d402edcbea62bba3168f
font_01_sfnt_off00006ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6ADA 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 787e0768241fb57660bcc9c7f726cf687277c463cdf8c586c4782ee9d03c3606
font_02_sfnt_off00007499.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7499 18384 bytes
SHA-256: d3d1d430428c73896de9795e5eeef6e82810e36860bb7f8fcd97e9577ce89645