Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d38c916b2e0e1b5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.9 KB Created: 2021-07-19 13:33:19 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c707d5943e99f6199c4197f06aa6bbf2 SHA-1: ff78c97357e1dae1bac33c853339055fdde6c3c3 SHA-256: d38c916b2e0e1b5df1077f70b3995e53cd1c564786470c8865663fe2ca82b0b9
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, disguised as "free generator / game hack" lures. The document body explicitly contains the URL http://netcdn.tw/app/835599320/free-tiktok-followers-no-verification-or-survey-game-hack, which is flagged as a malicious redirector. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a deliberate attempt to lead the user to malicious content, likely for further exploitation or malware download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9962

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/835599320/free-tiktok-followers-no-verification-or-survey-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-online-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-free-robux-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-mods-download-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/claim-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/earn-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jpschoolnewdelhi.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-coin-master_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
font_00_sfnt_off000034fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34FB 23280 bytes
SHA-256: 68c94b39aff17fb143577358b0d0bbc4635b7a8c3e58bdcd904aedaefc05017f
font_01_sfnt_off000069b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x69B5 18492 bytes
SHA-256: 4d8c0727d58b59d2b63319bab821bc095baa93826ac3da826e0a8bde5531d4a4