Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c3ac167365ac998f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.1 KB Created: 2021-07-05 03:14:15 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 6159e1aeedfa9de60919c6499c9a1ca4 SHA-1: 84e4980bb20ab0fbde22062c3eb21f5242f40c47 SHA-256: c3ac167365ac998f3c998ac5505ac7c5f362ebce221a317f3108d3fb675f12b0
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as game hacks and generators. The primary lure is a link to 'how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-for-free-with-java-game-hack'. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a social engineering attack designed to lead users to potentially harmful content or further malicious downloads.

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/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-for-free-with-java-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/roblox-scripts-prison-life-hacks-pastebin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/free-hack-tool-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/roblox-hacked-version-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib//repository/coin-master-hack-2021-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-june-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/coin-master-apk-hacked-3526_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/minecraft-client-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/free-robux-please_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/is-there-such-thing-as-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/minecraft-mod-menu-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/coin-master-free-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/pastebincom-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/level-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib//repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/free-face-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/roblox-mad-city-level-100-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/roblox-ban_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib/repository/adonis-hack-roblox-pastebin_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perpustakaan.pt-yogyakarta.go.id/lib//repository/blox-world-free-robux_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
font_00_sfnt_off00002f8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F8E 21796 bytes
SHA-256: 8249c214becd460908ae2f194b256d33dc1b1544df04380fa92954f38dc741d3
font_01_sfnt_off00005f8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F8B 19364 bytes
SHA-256: 38f8c01b045d158eac699ed2cd4a379968e4258fd5cdf38e5de7bb7f267f4a58