Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b148573e25caebf5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 19:52:59 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 7fe4dad57e9422c8834054074c39b01b SHA-1: 2d6ddefded9fa9bc6f113fc15595a57c3174cc61 SHA-256: b148573e25caebf547dace70de7651026d14660ff672400aadc5184492be51dc
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of free in-game currency and hacks for popular games to trick users into clicking malicious links. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, which likely serves as a gateway to further malicious content or downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and the nature of the lure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

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.tw/app/406889139/instagram-coin-master-free-spins-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/free-roblox-hats-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/hacked-robux-wok_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/minecraft-redeem-code-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/free-robux-gift-card-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/coin-master-golden-cards-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-download-no-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/instagram-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/jump-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/roblox-noclip-hack-august-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/how-to-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/how-to-create-a-group-in-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/free-rewards-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-server-maker_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-now_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/download-a-free-gater-for-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/free-roblox-codes-2021-december_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/pro-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://church01.jworld.i-powers.com.tw/webdata/ckfinder/public/userfiles/files/how-to-get-roblox-bloxburg-free_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_off00003266.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3266 22628 bytes
SHA-256: f03528de9a17597f3ddf0f7d44e97565db45a424007fcfcd8f88f8049ed09b8f
font_01_sfnt_off00006528.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6528 18432 bytes
SHA-256: f928e4d6a2d9fea4bedfc91f8e800fe9c4f6b660539256c40350ca72eee1aae4