Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cabb3a06784d4520…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 14:47:19 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: cbc5c9dcec1601552f63ff3d513de7c2 SHA-1: 6d145618ca39f97d5d6aa380c9f45d56ee3f692c SHA-256: cabb3a06784d4520e38eb540d76644c669617c700292da524233b445a1968c93
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a lure for free TikTok followers and game hacks, directing users to a malicious URL. The ML classifier strongly flagged this PDF as malicious, and the embedded URL is associated with a redirector. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and the nature of the lure suggest it is designed to exploit user interest in freebies to lead them to a potentially harmful site, likely for further payload delivery or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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/835599320/free-tiktok-followers-no-verification-or-survey-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/haktuts-coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-exe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-java-edition-free-trial_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/can-you-download-minecraft-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-views-on-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-dungeons-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jogjaindotrans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-unblocked_GM479516143.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_off00002f2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F2B 22720 bytes
SHA-256: f16bfc6e28e6abb0e632593e01b774e63cc8809b6cdc5800a9bdccd07f97359b
font_01_sfnt_off000061eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61EB 18492 bytes
SHA-256: 4d8c0727d58b59d2b63319bab821bc095baa93826ac3da826e0a8bde5531d4a4