Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a646aac8faea77fe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.4 KB Created: 2021-06-09 01:47:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: acc9666a0e4a0acbec6b4da8505067d1 SHA-1: b3ccb605e0271dec3e591f77334b1e6c68cac1ba SHA-256: a646aac8faea77feb1e69b8dcfcc667e152968f07c82c7ed64719537934561b6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as game hacks and generators. The primary lure URL is https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-holiday-crown-on-roblox-game-hack, which is designed to trick users into clicking through to potentially harmful content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a social engineering attack aimed at driving traffic to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

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-get-free-holiday-crown-on-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-apk-hack-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-mods-for-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/roblox-robux-hack-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-reddit_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-tool-v1-9-download-free-pc_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/hack-coin-master-apk-358_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-headless-head-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/free-robux-that-actually-works-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/auto-kill-hack-roblox-assassin-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/gold-card-coin-master-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/mcpe-master-hack-unlimited-coins-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-stuff_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/can-u-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/game-hunters-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.widyakartika.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hacks-no-verification_GM406889139.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
font_00_sfnt_off00005204.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5204 28556 bytes
SHA-256: 3494ac177295175d14d24fa95f24c5cbd7e5c9c93df601a31d56f7538877f8ef
font_01_sfnt_off000092d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x92D9 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off00009c8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9C8A 18916 bytes
SHA-256: 6ce2d9a84467993c6854afd5f9816a0e9f10040a30583d4aa5a48857df090c9d