Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b570d4b24e065816…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 12:40:57 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 2938a3e6d25ebef67ea0d8113ee1f023 SHA-1: 5c5cc3adfb9387bd9f653bf20c52b76b6e3e609c SHA-256: b570d4b24e065816112ca9e19c142e1300ef56f61a22dfbcf84ac15fba71ad9b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links, including one identified as a malicious redirector for a game hack lure. The document body also contains text and links related to free game currency and generators, reinforcing the lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9508

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/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mikahasri.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-tiktok-followers-instantly_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mikahasri.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mikahasri.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mikahasri.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-java-edition-free-trial_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mikahasri.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_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_off00002bc3.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2BC3 22872 bytes
SHA-256: eefb3c5a26387613342f04943fbe27c320b3e20553219a290f9ef82a81914296
font_01_sfnt_off00005f1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F1E 18632 bytes
SHA-256: bdbf3986ec68ee3b496ae89412d1d0f392e3b826f1ca321ec58289079c9e4546