Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da87c45701fa35bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.0 KB Created: 2021-05-13 18:05:40 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 55a025eca7ba7b67de0fc6adf2fba050 SHA-1: 42d90dacbfb1ed306dd7b03813c68687c764451e SHA-256: da87c45701fa35bc52ad1d62290709ff0a3d9c5b68e97ca7188bf4a4501ea738
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, masquerading as 'free generators' or 'game hacks' for popular games. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/microsoft-bing-free-robux-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic firings strongly indicate a phishing or scam attempt designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/microsoft-bing-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/free-robux-microsoft_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/minecraft-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/free-coins-coin-master-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-do-u-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/free-robux-kid-friendly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-a-minecraft-server-and-make-yourself-op_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-someone-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/websites-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-hair-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coin-master-freebies-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-hack-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-without-verification-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/coin-master-3533-android-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/get-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/free-robux-instantly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perpus.poltekkesgorontalo.ac.id/repository/minecraft-hacks-xbox_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
stream_003_off00004806.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4806 24956 bytes
SHA-256: 1e045be7df869aa3c1982a9912bc37958e84d4d2aaf9e34826f5efbe420bfc99
font_01_sfnt_off00008061.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8061 18720 bytes
SHA-256: f6da71d3ec7876d1f2450260025b1db4712d77c7886386833aafb50cc2347919