Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 99a3279256c0c04f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.4 KB Created: 2021-05-16 15:08:42 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ee6b679ecfbacc075a345926324c65d9 SHA-1: 61c4358c41b3bc45e98d9e32bf056499a74428a9 SHA-256: 99a3279256c0c04fe485cc76580de8db231e34b751f4d978c52fa2eecfae9f1e
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and domains, masquerading as game hacks and free generators. The primary link directs users to 'netcdn.xyz', which is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains references to these lures and embedded URLs, indicating a social engineering attempt to drive traffic to malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple malicious links suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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/how-to-log-out-of-coin-master-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-minecraft-windows-10_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-rewards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-games-like-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-25-spins-coin-master-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-link-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-java-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-fast_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-spin-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-unlimited-spin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-scam_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-skins-free-girl_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-400-spin-link-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-hack-generator_GM431946152.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_003_off00004613.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4613 25076 bytes
SHA-256: 314a2ea6cd954d4140150deffdd7b5abde84839b4dadae8d4ada49992f39ceee
font_01_sfnt_off00007fdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FDD 18140 bytes
SHA-256: 3138221b31ed8b6406c0e26913c361d842eb1c4d2714b685327af50e84741aa0