Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 984a87421c6fccbc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.1 KB Created: 2021-06-03 23:43:22 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: c7b968110b90fc35836052e781aae2a0 SHA-1: 77191eb4ee6b5d5bb4f7dfad689e3c8cd80b5a7c SHA-256: 984a87421c6fccbc20435bd832b7acc8bdc49e201184a908a72c01eda4a7b23a
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to websites that are identified as malicious redirectors, often disguised as game hack generators or free currency sites. The document body and embedded URLs strongly suggest a lure to trick users into visiting these sites, likely for further exploitation or malware delivery. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9607

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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-without-verify-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/100-free-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/can-you-give-me-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/giftrobux-com-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/tiktok-free-like-and-followers_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-amp_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-lost-world-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-apk-mod-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-spin-app-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/is-roblox-free-on-ps4_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/is-roblox-hacked_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/tiktok-free-views-2021_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/wurst-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/hack-coin-master-spin-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-mod_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-codes-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-verify_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-without-surveys_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/how-to-download-minecraft-for-free-ios_GM479516143.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_004_off00005096.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5096 26796 bytes
SHA-256: ea66c1639f8b0f987bf9416da57f61aa06a8f638d9dfdda5a666d0d9341d9027
font_01_sfnt_off00008d6b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8D6B 2920 bytes
SHA-256: 64c53edae7920bc04119553d13e7f88c7ab8c9d6abd0f5e62be35afdb33f76ff
font_02_sfnt_off00009782.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9782 8676 bytes
SHA-256: e06aca5f85e50ae6cefda302c5299c18ab6d27c174f74f0bb0ee8efa7ccb4468
font_03_sfnt_off0000ac0d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAC0D 18532 bytes
SHA-256: 3e0328f2eb925fa9474b2fb0440a25955c930b3cfcf15d5dbe2ab1f8ad488f87