Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96f6ac22eeeb589a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.1 KB Created: 2021-06-03 16:57:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 5834ed81492560f9b8bc016de067fe01 SHA-1: 8a0cfadab12c6fe0ef7790ac8c7f580cf80b93a1 SHA-256: 96f6ac22eeeb589aed31adb81f3fa35d818eecf0860e1a9606a588bf5f05ccc2
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting "game hacks" and "generators". The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were directly extracted, the embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest an attempt to drive users to potentially malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

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/406889139/coin-master-hack-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-redeem_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-hair-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-do-u-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-and-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-account-and-password_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-earn-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-tool-pc-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/easy-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-maps-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-or-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-sued_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-com-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-fun-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-hack-client-18-9_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-it-possible-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rkh.go.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-game-packs-for-coin-master_GM406889139.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_off00005214.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5214 24484 bytes
SHA-256: 9f9058952ced1224beebb93f96689f61c15830a570550061733f98c136aef3ca
font_01_sfnt_off00008a06.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A06 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 17974cef81917e5ef69542194afa433aff210173cc902887fbc2b56a9328dd03