Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa5e21292735d4d1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 07:26:48 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: feef76c696c57e1b2e3e429d8e56c254 SHA-1: 3c357e90dcac48dd9a80d4908b2d5a9e092a5133 SHA-256: aa5e21292735d4d1eceb52d61aad8ebea041cc236653b7e329a7d797f003b5a6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links, with a primary one leading to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for game hacks and generators, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.co/app/406889139/coin-master-spin-link-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/toolbox-for-minecraft-windows-10_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/how-to-start-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/dife-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-attack-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/free-ways-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/robux-in_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/free-roblox-gfx_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/descargar-coin-master-hackeado_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/appsmobinfo-coinmasterhack-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/robuxian-robux-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-games-that-actually-work-robu_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/get-free-roblox-items_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/cheat-codes-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fridaytravelnepal.com/userfiles/files/roblox-hacks-2021_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
stream_002_off0000309d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x309D 22536 bytes
SHA-256: 0058941d43a3e5c1280edb49b813319d6fbddc5c2c5be2762afb14d1bca1fa88
font_01_sfnt_off00006307.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6307 18344 bytes
SHA-256: f8da033462cc9c8bd4fc8ad4958a3e99bb3a8ddc4893d2270a063081e2b25741