Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b417acd1b488435…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-07-06 13:31:54 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: ff2e28ce21a970722bb1dcf10056647a SHA-1: d101141434cd574099bdf0b6c576c67b25b6defb SHA-256: 9b417acd1b488435c0a5e7d74b938ad0afdc31822278ace726e7780128f8d235
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains multiple heuristics indicating it links to malicious redirectors, specifically advertising 'free generators' and 'game hacks'. The primary lure URL, http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/minecraft-free-download-ipad-game-hack, is associated with known malicious infrastructure. While no scripts were extracted, the document body and heuristics strongly suggest a social engineering attack to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

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/479516143/minecraft-free-download-ipad-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-whatsapp-group_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/mathep_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-server-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator-download-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verification-2021-android_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-pet-food-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-redeem-cards-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/singing-simulator-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-java-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-xyz_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-win-attack-madness-in-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/download-tiktok-for-free_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/pixies-gigantic-coin-master-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-for-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hacksco_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-ios_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsnsamarinda.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-32-hack-apk-download_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
font_00_sfnt_off0000354a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x354A 22820 bytes
SHA-256: 3c42f1df9b56c3fdf34edbb88266745131235d2ec1e2ed949cf325a29b8cd5a0
font_01_sfnt_off000067f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x67F7 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 0ebe94f7e8850ff316d9561b78e23a87553ea9aff3f68e8d880c2f0b804d142c