Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afa1b989a1641bb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.1 KB Created: 2021-05-11 06:45:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 73bdfa24e123e882a3318e625373d909 SHA-1: 706b0176d471c9bceb0c9506fd269a3bef4ceba6 SHA-256: afa1b989a1641bb60968c742339bf02432b188411f3c519008a8b56c121d4c32
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to websites offering game-related cheats and currency, with a primary link identified as a malicious redirector. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for free in-game items, which is a common social engineering tactic. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score support this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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/i-need-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/free-coin-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/roblox-apocalypse-rising-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/get-more-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-toy-codes-not-used_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-or-download-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/spin-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/robloxbux-us-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-best-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/free-draw-2-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/minecraft-app-store-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/hack-version-of-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spins-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/free-robux-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/coin-master-spin-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/roblox-gang-rape_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spons-apk-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.bundadelimalampung.ac.id/repository/win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.roblox.comIn 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_003_off00004b17.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4B17 35976 bytes
SHA-256: 7e4295f421aa2b2f72c7dcb43763f5e7f2db88731916b0ecb1788521dc565e67
font_01_sfnt_off00009ae8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9AE8 18024 bytes
SHA-256: f1ec7b04fe7efc10da220c54b18b8286c95b0450e2bf9e35db279b0a74518d0c