Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4a5e7f76638af06…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 21:10:24 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: a34ee0969743af5c5b7d540cd1eb4fc5 SHA-1: 7aa86268f16bcc1a85617be5290496f54c5d5ef4 SHA-256: d4a5e7f76638af06f62f8178c5ab0eaaf3b9c677ced038e79435fe71baed6ae0
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links, including one that redirects to a known malicious infrastructure hosting a 'game hack' lure. The document body explicitly mentions 'Best Minecraft Hacked Client' and 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR', reinforcing the lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

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/best-minecraft-hacked-client-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/will-minecraft-dungeons-be-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-100-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/real-free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ways-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-printables_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_off00002bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2BDA 22420 bytes
SHA-256: 3fc4fde933a6bfc8700e1307bdaf0632926daf2c8c228d897efc051e0980dfe7
font_01_sfnt_off00005dd8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5DD8 18200 bytes
SHA-256: 05f9c4237b996275e109c4becad50b5cb7d88affc4d3e55964976ee2f9eee8f2