Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af8c1b1347b4964c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.0 KB Created: 2021-05-16 11:03:49 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8f9445d245c263a046d5810757ae9393 SHA-1: a6df21035230ad36318512a46543e1062beb1b90 SHA-256: af8c1b1347b4964cd1a3cc59cb96024c0d9ebd491adce1df1035bd9e7f776da8
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, including a known malicious redirector, under the guise of offering free game-related items. The heuristic firings indicate that this PDF is designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest a social engineering attack.

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-roblox-gift-card-codes-2021-unused-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-intros_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-role-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/card-hack-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-tuts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-more-free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/can-i-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-heaven-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/uprobuxcom-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-premium_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-images_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-version-coin-master-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-clothes-on-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-1-million-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsalmanar.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-coins_GM406889139.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_off000047ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x47EE 29572 bytes
SHA-256: 39a1b3b7fed54c72bc6b3310bbc3e0e76d988b84ea716ebdb955e8d47ac73679
font_01_sfnt_off00008aa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8AA3 19304 bytes
SHA-256: d6f20b3ebf518ac20c616d793a05e273db5ac27cf7bb96dde15642c09c9075e4