Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc60f2622c976fd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

30.3 KB Created: 2021-07-21 17:24:05 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 6a59a1d27b8b25683ac9f468ce481f12 SHA-1: 931b9e6b33d56114851482ca19849d2007b13ee1 SHA-256: dc60f2622c976fd2f5064f94e66999e75019bc41005b1f547474cd19fd3b49a4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free generators' or game hacks. The presence of embedded URLs and a visual download button lure suggests an attempt to trick the user into navigating to a potentially harmful site. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

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/is-minecraft-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/best-minecraft-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/free-spin-coin-master-2021-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-gifts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/daily-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/free-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-minecraft-skins_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/minecraft-pocket-edition-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.digilib.uim.ac.id/repository/free-robux-games-that-actually-work_GM431946152.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_off00002810.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2810 21332 bytes
SHA-256: e345eadfbd1225b1d0c6b5858cf0072073c96b4f5fed35fd35d9ae09970470b1
font_01_sfnt_off0000564d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x564D 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 44c16732000c578f47393ad484896351af84166fbd5efffd5af9fb6697599acb