PDF static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8ec546ffea9c2b8…

SUSPICIOUS

PDF

38.7 KB Created: 2021-05-13 16:00:57 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 55d983121a83a4db029025eb46c025f2 SHA-1: 47ccbfe688a43dfd8039b322bca7a2a4b411c62c SHA-256: a8ec546ffea9c2b8f06e996cb2c1b5c389453b0c42c936d25f201626b0dc8fb5
52 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains a heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to a suspicious URL. The document body also contains text related to game hacks and a call to action, reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were extracted, the primary attack vector appears to be social engineering via a malicious link within the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0131

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.xyz/app/406889139/mcpe-master-unlimited-coins-hack-apk-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00003238.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3238 24708 bytes
SHA-256: a73ff34cd728b28c2dc7ca3052159b731a4ae3cf0422743284a0ae186ee86e29
font_01_sfnt_off00006a05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A05 18584 bytes
SHA-256: 05a4b74ce365421ded4902af54e34ed44d4f85f1508b60b6eaffe15d5ff07d85
font_02_sfnt_off00008ce2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8CE2 3264 bytes
SHA-256: e32c06502c11b52acb5e814091c5fdbffd1e2a904ac7a9cfb8b5b180bd139088