Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cdad2a3316284870…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.1 KB Created: 2021-05-21 22:12:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: c088f9197aa6164232ec3322cd92eb45 SHA-1: a74a4d9f11a3d37f4323bf02a3c22234bf74a43d SHA-256: cdad2a3316284870a453bebde1988d25fcd7df91a7583b03211612ebc3d12a2a
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a lure related to game hacks, specifically mentioning Minecraft. It includes a prominent link that redirects to a URL associated with free game generators. The presence of a 'Click here to access Minecraft Generator' phrase and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick users into visiting a potentially harmful site. The document's structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lead users to a phishing or malware distribution page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/is-minecraft-java-edition-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://grazianolangone.it/images/robux-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grazianolangone.it/images/free-minecraft-domain_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grazianolangone.it/images/minecraft-xbox-360-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grazianolangone.it/images/free-minecraft-skins-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grazianolangone.it/images/coin-master-free-spins-link-download_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_002_off000035a3.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35A3 25808 bytes
SHA-256: c5e13a2adce1a191120b48bc8f41cf945b9524ddc002668a3748484feff7010c
font_01_sfnt_off0000703b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x703B 18164 bytes
SHA-256: 781be49a7702cf06049b723b9768b43598e981f21f4500b8f56603e8064b4811