Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9de7c0128c34f430…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.6 KB Created: 2021-05-21 06:45:39 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b84f77b571c135f5981dc97e437e4ca9 SHA-1: 802194efb37743cb2bcf48e47c30f872b2177c93 SHA-256: 9de7c0128c34f43056aff3258874d52bd08365224c6c2745b29b8796a2c27081
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to potentially malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising game hacks and generators. The heuristic firings indicate that these links lead to known malicious redirectors and are part of a lure to entice users into clicking. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the links suggests a workflow designed to download further payloads or lead users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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/431946152/roblox-hacks-for-mac-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.weworkkuwait.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.weworkkuwait.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-ps4_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.weworkkuwait.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.weworkkuwait.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-hacked-version-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.weworkkuwait.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-edition-for-free_GM479516143.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_off000033d1.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33D1 25292 bytes
SHA-256: e54a6297dfff40d60c1ba0278cd3a4e431290f8d9b760fdb1f50e649c914569c
font_01_sfnt_off00006eb2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EB2 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off00007864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7864 18544 bytes
SHA-256: b54d427420c2b6acb67d73efd488d39bfb4939947f3518d8bf7854551a24b695