Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e75a9b3d45eb23f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-05-25 12:04:23 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: f436ab3c888c289629c48740e5e83779 SHA-1: 64639032f2454ec611967ae686f1dbe4c6343de4 SHA-256: 9e75a9b3d45eb23f3669d0a6a978e90c8d6a0cd74a90487d1b0be2f3bf1ea292
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded URLs that lead to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically promoting 'game hacks' and generators. The document body also contains similar lures and the 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS' call to action, reinforcing the phishing and redirection intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a malicious redirection workflow, likely leading to further malware or phishing attempts.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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-free-spins-and-coins-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning-man2kotabogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning-man2kotabogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning-man2kotabogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-create-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning-man2kotabogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-tiktok-followers_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning-man2kotabogor.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_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_off00003409.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3409 24364 bytes
SHA-256: 5d156e2b0dd0b31c3cc80807cdd74257ae0c5db61a67c211e504b70ee225a3e6
font_01_sfnt_off00006be4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6BE4 18060 bytes
SHA-256: 7f8980b6f3213b204c7b050e62c653166806b65682437d624869b2fc7a4cb6a7