Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9b3ef33520351d6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.3 KB Created: 2021-06-04 04:03:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 552489f1c03937af4cfebd0f0dcfcd58 SHA-1: 32e25736d461209dc40880411baf7752869c462c SHA-256: b9b3ef33520351d623c458ffb207c02de687edec37e3b5fac81d5b1256b734ad
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, impersonating Facebook and linking to known malicious infrastructure. The document body and embedded artifacts suggest a lure for credential phishing or malware delivery, likely exploiting a PDF vulnerability to execute a payload. The primary IOC is the malicious redirect URL.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.online/app/406889139/coin-master-daily-spin-link-app-game-hack.
  • 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.online/app/406889139/coin-master-daily-spin-link-app-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/what-are-points-for-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/pubg-uc-purchase_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/card-hack-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/coin-master-fan-page-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/instant-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/how-to-get-free-roblox-money_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/free-robux-com-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/coin-master-links-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/code-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/free-attacks-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/coin-master-free-link-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/coin-master-hack-no-verify_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/pubg-uc-ykleme-hile_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/get-free-robux-info_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/roblox-free-body_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/robux-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/pokemon-go-free-0-iv_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/easy-ways-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/rbx-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.sman2bondowoso.sch.id/repository/get-free-robux-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_004_off00005231.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5231 24396 bytes
SHA-256: bcca6680db647408b86e0be86542402a2343ec1763712c3cd979054e6ad99415
font_01_sfnt_off00008a2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A2F 18316 bytes
SHA-256: 1c8f52e50ef16cca0df83ed02daf45b2dac44b7d574d319931a9576780881370