Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97ecb23bc74a698b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.5 KB Created: 2021-05-17 12:42:07 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 288119f21041d60e6fef41ac04f58bb2 SHA-1: 6519437b1321f62247e6c4fb2eda8fdc08717ab1 SHA-256: 97ecb23bc74a698b4bf1daddcf51a77e65f1a8c2271af50d80021f35c5e978fa
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded links that lead to redirectors, specifically advertising 'free generator / game hack' lures for popular mobile games. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The presence of these links suggests a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8642

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-spins-and-coins-link-haktuts-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-games-that-actually-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-spins-on-coin-master-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-robux-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-today-16-11-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-ad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/como-hackear-coin-master-en-espaol_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/can-you-make-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-coin-master-without-root_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/download-coin-master-hack-mod-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-foxy-food-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-for-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-april-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-coins-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-androd-cheats-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnurulislamblc.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-bling-bling-card-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00004e32.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4E32 24664 bytes
SHA-256: aa5040a9c0a1537ecb3e297e07d648404574cfe7f9c33eb0ee2c91b06fff3c72
font_01_sfnt_off000086f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x86F5 4028 bytes
SHA-256: a17c2a746d49ac23b23e38a371e32fddecfcd91b10cf42ff6155bff6b8a07e91
font_02_sfnt_off00009495.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9495 2788 bytes
SHA-256: 6fd7c7f447d66842f81aa8cf197935b17f22157d0c7e9f95622df1b5b4ddf530
font_03_sfnt_off00009e84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9E84 18372 bytes
SHA-256: d0160522c9507928c114f36e82183f3878c9bb5f52b4c502e96d0270f56f9c5a