Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a73091245c7f7d12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 11:44:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: df67de9876a78483aefc574520531e59 SHA-1: 1b0d6f099ef3828ef1c1dfda68fb22d6b5b061a3 SHA-256: a73091245c7f7d1259d8dc31597a9e5b75683471403d492c0c96b057ba018c96
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded links and a prominent call-to-action button directing users to a URL associated with malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body explicitly mentions 'Get Free Tiktok Likes' and 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS TIKTOK GENERATOR', indicating a social engineering lure for a potentially malicious download or exploit. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and the nature of the lure strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9548

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/835599320/get-free-tiktok-likes-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.pentathlon.org.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-for-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pentathlon.org.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pentathlon.org.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pentathlon.org.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/minecraft-on-computer-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pentathlon.org.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/minecraft-apk-download-v1-144-2-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pentathlon.org.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/free-robux-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pentathlon.org.tw/data/file/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification_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
font_00_sfnt_off00002d5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2D5B 22748 bytes
SHA-256: e856dfcd33b59f3b9c6ae7771180379ff8655b2c69e8ace1a861ff66be7f8c85
font_01_sfnt_off00006082.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6082 17456 bytes
SHA-256: c397690cc80b7cdd5818f6212e28c5067632df1cbe38d70f20361ec61b14abd9