Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4827bc41dce58fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.7 KB Created: 2021-05-22 03:17:53 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: f1356507b7c88fb8ea1572320c226156 SHA-1: e75e6ddde033dcab15c1116f29ac93e0cadcd984 SHA-256: b4827bc41dce58fc674320f50053bb9605c1111bccc9cbd93fa1af12778cbb67
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a lure for free game hacks and redirects to known malicious infrastructure. The document body explicitly mentions 'Free Tiktok Accounts And Passwords' and includes a call to action to access a 'TIKTOK GENERATOR'. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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/835599320/free-tiktok-accounts-and-passwords-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.christchurch-burton.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-apk-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.christchurch-burton.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-spin-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.christchurch-burton.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.christchurch-burton.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-trial_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.christchurch-burton.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-download-minecraft-java-edition-for-free_GM479516143.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_off0000335b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x335B 26244 bytes
SHA-256: 044a742b105dc7fdfd16ef9a717fb09c3ab149bcf71e9f871529f822ef2da092
font_01_sfnt_off00006e29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E29 18316 bytes
SHA-256: bbd6b533d869a7a089323291600526adae2a42e90d5e0cf5c01053f7505e7d8b