Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4d8575fdc64d4a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-07-19 22:30:30 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 0cdd3109348cc9db2af7e3a71ea48a0f SHA-1: c123f5ce389f615c6a6f5acc28ba26264efd433a SHA-256: d4d8575fdc64d4a4eb008b27a8f1a7f305cc514d5f9ee89a418dce981f1d51e3
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically a lure for free Robux or game hacks. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. The document body and embedded URLs suggest a social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting a malicious site, likely to download further malware or engage in credential harvesting.

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/431946152/free-robux-for-kids-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/play-minecraft-pocket-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-today-gift-reward_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-instagram_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-can-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-ps4_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/play-minecraft-online-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agama.denpasarkota.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiktok-follower-bot-free_GM835599320.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_off00003261.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3261 22988 bytes
SHA-256: b554c0ef1f3b5d9e0e03eb82e0f3daa90d20afe6fc0c3b5a4967bbe8005c80cf
font_01_sfnt_off000065a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x65A4 18496 bytes
SHA-256: 55df5e7c459367a60086a66aed70523cd30f2a7f5b0acb71656169eef2d04b47