PDF static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 989cc1384f660158…

SUSPICIOUS

PDF

29.6 KB Created: 2021-07-22 05:16:56 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 359f490fa5441cc95e5c6e3e95283c08 SHA-1: 166b30e4c020784a53d83d5f29a975ea2a7b5902 SHA-256: 989cc1384f660158feb2a953652542b7defc2c6b83dc142d96700c40e574bc61
52 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high-severity heuristic firing for a 'game hack' redirect lure, pointing to a suspicious URL. The document body also contains text and a call-to-action related to obtaining TikTok fans via a generator, reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lure suggest an attempt to direct the user to a potentially malicious site, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0556

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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 http://netcdn.tw/app/835599320/how-to-get-free-tiktok-fans-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000021eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21EB 22272 bytes
SHA-256: c39554515ae7d0553fd9e78479964d6d03dd59668f93fff0b0dfb4461ec83095
font_01_sfnt_off00005372.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5372 17848 bytes
SHA-256: a2af0e2105c7a8aa19b9291fb3a0139b13b39cb6820be81d8c7aa710ed8fb109