Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c05cf41d5073e192…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.8 KB Created: 2021-06-09 07:58:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 24eb9d488a60c0793cc5d8f1a6b65b66 SHA-1: 48c2f3c4fa294a5e6d214b9362b8eab105e8ea57 SHA-256: c05cf41d5073e1926e8bb13ca166275ce35baff84788708084d1420de981be2f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to malicious infrastructure. The document body and embedded URLs reinforce this, indicating a phishing attempt to trick users into downloading potentially malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to lead the user to a malicious download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9832

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.tw/app/431946152/robux-hack-download-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/hack-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/static-moonactive_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/roblox-april-fools-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-iphone-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/how-do-i-get-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-without-human-verification-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/near-tiktok-free-account_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/how-many-levels-are-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/minecraft-toys-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-online_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/www-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-cheat-to-get-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/free-diamonds-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-spin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/link-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-april_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-20210-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://library.stikeswnpalu.ac.id/repository/coin-master-mod-apk-latest-hack-with-unlimited-free-spins_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
stream_004_off0000505b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x505B 28656 bytes
SHA-256: 462c7f8c85cd653944a8725456d34fc940f6c3d434d68c8d0261fa5fac3506f2
font_01_sfnt_off00009159.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9159 19228 bytes
SHA-256: f51ee777697ad4ea9ab069471c82da38c0224ef66bf90a94073451760892a0bd