Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cfcad80e31a3bd44…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.7 KB Created: 2021-07-05 05:28:11 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 19966eb7a424294e46456cc88cb7f06e SHA-1: 8d4ddabe7131001d268c88654a65a270bded6a84 SHA-256: cfcad80e31a3bd4422ab00e4752b3697eeb39568c5284356fa5be8816961a7f6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded URLs that lead to a malicious redirector, promising game hacks and free currency. The heuristic firings indicate that the PDF is designed to lure users to this malicious infrastructure, likely as part of a phishing or scam campaign. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering attack.

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/minecraft-survival-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-claim-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/master-coin-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-version-2021-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-install-minecraft-for-free-on-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-me-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-link-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-heaven-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-svg-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/20210-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-change-money-in-roblox-using-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-version-of-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-ad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-exe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-skin-packs_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-hack-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-5-million-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021-app-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-spin-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2kulonprogo.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-change-your-username-on-roblox-for-free-2021_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_off00003135.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3135 21880 bytes
SHA-256: 2a5b87b4ea03ee2597bec22e3b3935276daf33d0913db2e390f0ab4a6b675461
font_01_sfnt_off00006127.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6127 18356 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8c07b70f743712d3b4317b18b553f1a7ae77b3390c9655d2aa42ba9c2140cb