Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a2c99a5fcad55089…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.1 KB Created: 2021-06-03 09:20:28 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1bad7c95b0e682d5e9fded942bdaad7e SHA-1: a179cbe3f46bc38d0358e01795b54cc9a1c833b0 SHA-256: a2c99a5fcad5508905f2fee986724427c24b0b13b299796ef9aa733c2030f0ae
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links and a lure for 'free game hacks' which is a common social engineering tactic to trick users into downloading malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lure suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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.online/app/479516143/free-minecraft-alt-accounts-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id/repository/roblox-studio-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/free-roblox-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/roblox-free-items_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/robloxheroxyz-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/show-me-how-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/coin-master-rewards-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/easy-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/gamesofficenet-hack-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/roblox-hack-download-pc_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/free-minecraft-maps_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/coin-master-34-4-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/coin-master-free-spins-hack-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/clients-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/how-to-get-minecoins-in-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/how-to-get-free-robux-on-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/how-to-get-free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/minecraft-free-download-android-apk-014-0_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abdinusababellibrary.ac.id//repository/minecraft-java-hacks_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_004_off00005263.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5263 25632 bytes
SHA-256: a0406d335684f2551ebb14b7234f6533629982f78353bee0bb41f3f6f6a47bf6
font_01_sfnt_off00008cc2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8CC2 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 30dce2b9c1950da345d7fed8f00c38887adfa2f2ddecc31775af2315e819ac37
font_02_sfnt_off00009675.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9675 17924 bytes
SHA-256: ca2704b96dad28857c40796bc5f3f160f1252a4638d6e656e043cddf4ab01458