Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5c143cddf0d9fba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:36:05 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 21b3bcd9e4655ff920e3ac5cc11c6fb6 SHA-1: a7bf2ecd6d9806fcb1eb510f71b07f603ec368ad SHA-256: b5c143cddf0d9fba28c5985539c45d685325cfbfedefbe871c3eb2bc1c59eed6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting game hacks and generators. The ML classifier strongly indicated maliciousness, and the presence of redirector links confirms a malicious workflow. The document body, though partially garbled, contains URLs that align with the heuristic findings, suggesting a lure to download potentially harmful files.

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/479516143/optifine-pe-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/clean-master-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/pastebin-roblox-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-avatar-items-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/cheat-engine-roblox-cheat-table_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/roblox-x-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/free-coin-master-hack-no-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/synapse-hack-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-gameplay-jailbreak_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/hack-robux-hack-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/minecraft-free-unblocked_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/minecraft-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-and-builders-club_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/minecraft-free-edition_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id//repository/blox-pink-robux-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/2021-roblox-hacks-ispect_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/redline-cheat-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-without-waiting_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpus.poltekeskupang.ac.id/repository/free-spins-coin-master-facebook_GM406889139.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
font_00_sfnt_off000030a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x30A0 21776 bytes
SHA-256: 11e3d2cf46bd894756ad96165da8858eb132aff8ae2312c016a056104bd0211b
font_01_sfnt_off00006090.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6090 18188 bytes
SHA-256: 106e92ccf0483d7e3d6814cb7b7d47902da7918aaf1cd4cd7bc423ce2a0c5fa3