Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b21071b5e5e43759…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.3 KB Created: 2021-05-13 09:09:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 5f01d9133175c28b3663d7158d14127a SHA-1: c9334c1f326c63b75123823cad6683ae7ad54aba SHA-256: b21071b5e5e43759e8a6175d4f57700ca67adf338c8e1fe2851e49da35afce9b
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to a known malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body and metadata also contain references to this lure. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to lead the user to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0146

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/406889139/80-free-spins-coin-master-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00003395.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3395 25464 bytes
SHA-256: 9cf4ed68c699eff815ca6a3b2ee156e43afa55990b57392128f678698c8bbf89
font_01_sfnt_off00006edb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EDB 3088 bytes
SHA-256: e7854aff7cbc8fbdeb85d2b3d6248d12dc820ede8a581f4eac107fa6446c2222
font_02_sfnt_off000079a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x79A6 7960 bytes
SHA-256: cf7ae5cf6bef3222f5a26bec705b492fed0278aec6b16ec101aeda46e0edd2b2
font_03_sfnt_off00008ccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8CCB 18268 bytes
SHA-256: c17bdfe55bcf294db1fa8b97ef7603a16e409092d20395243f391f783e354714
font_04_sfnt_off0000aed2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAED2 4272 bytes
SHA-256: fac9a06ceb5574feb8580c075df3ef69dfbd0efa4947186cfe90f11b68eaafb0