Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ace378729484974…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.9 KB Created: 2021-05-22 07:06:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 2a07af66b753ffe5594ae479c4e3ca00 SHA-1: 472979f328e46cdc9da444922072151d26910089 SHA-256: 9ace3787294849743f547d88e195a2dd0d3e6093d699440737ab95fe763e1105
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links, including one identified as a malicious redirector for a "coin master hack". The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for game-related cheats or generators, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. The embedded links likely lead to further malicious content or exploit kits.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7527

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-hack-without-verification-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mansidoarjo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-play-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mansidoarjo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-offers_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mansidoarjo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/rbx-earn_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mansidoarjo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-hacks-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mansidoarjo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-spins-coin-master-2021_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
stream_002_off000031b6.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31B6 25268 bytes
SHA-256: ad2dbcc047fe0244c38d9a297a661c63cb1e0f24201394a8d2fc648c47b996fe
font_01_sfnt_off00006c7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C7A 8676 bytes
SHA-256: e06aca5f85e50ae6cefda302c5299c18ab6d27c174f74f0bb0ee8efa7ccb4468
font_02_sfnt_off00008104.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8104 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 1f8069b8e373c1677ee696ae61803aee5e0941708a1ef93a03d88c08535d6ef3