Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9dfd1d51d9267d48…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.5 KB Created: 2021-05-12 11:30:56 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 640774e1bd63a1b85152634a7ab79151 SHA-1: be09db0063c2a8ddf94ea0118ccf792713dffa95 SHA-256: 9dfd1d51d9267d48d3ce6a8558e36a87c445ebf4f4165236e1b91008440d3c44
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to malicious redirectors and link farms, disguised as generators for game currency or hacks. The document body and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt, likely to lead users to further malicious content or potentially download further malware. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-spin-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-minecraft-for-kids_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/get-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-facebook-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/minecraft-java-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/best-site-for-free-coin-master-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-hack-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-spins-and-coins-blogspot-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-hack-spins-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-to-hack-in-roblox-prison-life_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/websites-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/claimrobux-net_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/hacker-minecraft-song_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-spin-coin-master-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/coin-master-free-spin-link-today-50_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-not-banned-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gzvisiontech.com/Public/upload/editorfiles/free-spin-coin-master-hacktoman_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_003_off00004cf3.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4CF3 29392 bytes
SHA-256: 4f1a2a2f0e5a822a23ca96e9eb3a97ea72e6eeab9497710f15b29b77ae07b647
font_01_sfnt_off00009012.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9012 19428 bytes
SHA-256: dc7c459a90b1a398d2ee51f52972ed8a07904c77cd045887558a99bdb9823e3c