Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce484ba02da95e55…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.1 KB Created: 2021-05-21 04:37:34 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 70746c35412d6c84b264fb809619efac SHA-1: c7c839ab075f3f55a62b5680600f0b5894e76e5b SHA-256: ce484ba02da95e55447cda0eeedea342eeb49e3ab03f17e1177945dafa31a7a9
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to websites offering 'free generators' or 'hacks' for popular games, which is a common lure for phishing or malware distribution. The heuristic PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE specifically identifies the primary malicious redirector URL. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the document body and heuristics suggest a social engineering tactic to drive users to potentially malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9648

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.xyz/app/835599320/how-to-get-free-airpods-tiktok-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.waymedicalsupplies.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-mobile_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waymedicalsupplies.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-iphone_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waymedicalsupplies.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-dominus-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waymedicalsupplies.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-hack-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waymedicalsupplies.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-online-hack-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_off00003122.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3122 24172 bytes
SHA-256: d4738c384e70cff1626b0f062e5999ac517371be2bb29f21d4d91b324e119809
font_01_sfnt_off000068a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x68A6 17972 bytes
SHA-256: 0a60ae6191688bc305d5647822df1817c1408b5ed88f463e9dcaa15a1b7353c4