Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98ace607cc20fa7f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.7 KB Created: 2021-05-14 11:26:09 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 62ffbd21478c336cedbddef3716115ca SHA-1: 5b0077cb87483f441dfb0f739c063f7912f002cb SHA-256: 98ace607cc20fa7f2f5a2e9b6f4756fbd1e344f6cd4b0edad5b5089dbd657fc5
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains numerous links designed to lure users to external websites, masquerading as generators or hacks for popular games. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to drive users to potentially malicious content or download sites, likely as part of a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9507

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.xyz/app/406889139/coin-master-hack-2021-ios-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-coin-master-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-food-for-pet_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-android_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-hacks-no-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-coins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-free-download-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-332-apk-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-app-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-spins-and-coins-unlimited-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-coin-master-in-pc_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-coin-master-game-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-hair-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-and-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/codes-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-android_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-packs-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-whatsapp-group-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.man5-bogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-links-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn 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_off00004d27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4D27 26120 bytes
SHA-256: 3ba2b69b6ac3d7faa325bfa6ac63f36ba7c32ecc6773558984f9f3de21a8b1dc
font_01_sfnt_off000086c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x86C4 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off00009076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9076 18116 bytes
SHA-256: 77442674c0809aead75be931568f5718e5115af80d9dd84d81b0bed7d24a7281