Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ad44cb889e059b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.3 KB Created: 2021-07-09 15:15:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d8abaff034f6f075036091afca810617 SHA-1: 0e75b6c428526dcef21ac5bf19413371a680fed4 SHA-256: 9ad44cb889e059b726d3fd9991fcad828345cfbcca3fe03419fa466b580cdef3
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to a known malicious redirector, specifically advertising 'free generators' and 'game hacks' for popular games. The document body and embedded URLs strongly suggest a social engineering lure to trick users into visiting potentially harmful websites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links and the heuristic firings indicate a phishing or scam attempt, likely leading to further malware download or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/406889139/coin-master-free-link-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-i-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-how-to-use-cheat-engine-on-lumber-tycoon-2_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/make-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/play-full-version-of-minecraft-for-free-no-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/jailbreak-roblox-hack-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-r-on-roblox-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-100-000-000-free-money-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xray-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/best-way-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-for-flip-master-online_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/300-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-and-builders-club-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/yammy-roblox-hacking_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-ps4_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alajwakh.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/haktuts-coin-master-free-spin-today_GM406889139.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_002_off00003000.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3000 23168 bytes
SHA-256: ded46c15872e9e221f2169a2f054bbefa926c7a77df5b25d5e375a6f2d2ebfb7
font_01_sfnt_off000063c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x63C6 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 7e3864b359ae4e20f98f554aea3d5366a72fce57ca0fb6405be6acd76bdcbaac