Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a09390ac533a4db4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.5 KB Created: 2021-06-10 18:09:52 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a2938d0f732426543efd4162822a3e7c SHA-1: 2164b2c9876bab9a5839196fec447fc48bb7ae21 SHA-256: a09390ac533a4db4795e5c362ffee6fd74d2b90019c8bd708c8e728b38959b5b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically promoting 'free generator' or 'game hack' lures. The primary link, https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-hack-free-robux-easy-game-hack, is flagged as malicious and part of a redirector chain. The document's content and heuristics strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9832

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.tw/app/431946152/how-to-hack-free-robux-easy-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/easy-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/minecraft-hack-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/haktuts-coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-accessories_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/free-robux-codes-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/blogspot-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-skins-girl_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/coin-master-spins-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/free-promo-codes-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today-2021-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-link-haktuts-hacking-news_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/huskybuckscom-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/without-pokemon-go-free-remote-raid-pass_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/roblox-rs-cheat-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katalog.iain-padangsidimpuan.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-jailbreak-on-pc_GM431946152.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_004_off00005359.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5359 27632 bytes
SHA-256: dc2173329340fb2c5b2d2fd921168315bcfd270ff3e4feed8097e9ebc91839f5
font_01_sfnt_off000091fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x91FE 18756 bytes
SHA-256: 8ed87f00c4503fe6a6c51cb3844a4018134a89ed9cbcc8e616450cf670d136ec