Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2a976a87506d158…

MALICIOUS

PDF

27.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 05:14:14 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 70795410dc9898c591d994d8e054d419 SHA-1: e9bc5f4b0a088d1933fe030d507d587285842839 SHA-256: a2a976a87506d158af5e26d40c5931e3340d82b92442c4b34a016703fd9be7da
152 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to a site offering 'free generator / game hack' lures, indicative of a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest an attempt to trick users into visiting malicious infrastructure, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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.co/app/431946152/roblox-free-exploit-no-virus-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-accounts-with-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/pixel-art-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/how-import-audio-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/robux-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/free-robux-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-download-code-unlimited-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-for-unlimited-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/daily-coin-master-free-spin-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/free-admin-group-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/cartoony-animation-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/static-moonactive-net-rewards-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-coins-in-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/roblox-dance-your-blox-off-cheats-to-get-points_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/free-spins-coin-master-apple_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.ust.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000030fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30FE 22360 bytes
SHA-256: d95a086f5b2924c01885c63bf652a444c1bccf6e39590097050ea0803b254124