Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5ed4a6420c78b61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.9 KB Created: 2021-05-21 21:41:17 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: cbe58027400e38b37eab0f85a8ce19bc SHA-1: e0e7bceaddadfc7f8468577aa90116460dd0874e SHA-256: d5ed4a6420c78b61b26a4868d263749300b53260aecf6b6d3069cdb50269121d
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and lures users with a fake CAPTCHA and "free generator" content, aiming to trick them into clicking through. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-hacks-no-verification-game-hack, which is associated with a game hack lure. The document body and heuristics indicate a social engineering tactic to drive users to potentially download further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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/431946152/free-robux-hacks-no-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.summerland.com.tw/upload/files/coin-master-hack-using-lucky-patcher_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.summerland.com.tw/upload/files/coin-master-hack-ios-jailbreak_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.summerland.com.tw/upload/files/best-free-spin-app-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.summerland.com.tw/upload/files/free-robux-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.summerland.com.tw/upload/files/no-human-verification-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off00003177.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3177 25828 bytes
SHA-256: 4ee3da2d939a2abb4828f776bdc2c16f678a89123edb0739e404601119569ca6
font_01_sfnt_off00006b36.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6B36 2832 bytes
SHA-256: 77ae1c4cffa647a8fd533dfa4102e94364989f9e80b9cd131876e9d1005899a2
font_02_sfnt_off000074e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x74E6 18772 bytes
SHA-256: addbd32849de550f6a3cbf56c70cbffa7cf804e2f09d57d2f784457513eafccd