Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e0991812d9bec9b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.8 KB Created: 2021-06-03 04:21:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: e014d6f164a0ef609cfd1f35e359ead1 SHA-1: 52f825ebe88e42473cfc47b08849a5b69cf0644d SHA-256: e0991812d9bec9b04b4a740c69d47e161a98031b55ad1ff971b2df116e540a23
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for linking to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically a URL promoting game hacks. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'Minecraft Bedrock Hacks' and the malicious URL. This indicates a phishing or scam attempt designed to redirect users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

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.online/app/479516143/minecraft-bedrock-hacks-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-gun-games-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/roblox-no-download-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/free-script-executor-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/daily-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/haktuts-coin-master-free-spin-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-link_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-wurst-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-a-roblox-account-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-mods-for-pc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/https-rbx-place-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/free-roblox-promo-codes-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-followers-generator-no-human-verification_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/minecraft-skins-download-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-link-haktuts-hacking-news_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplenepaltravel.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-stream_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.freenom.comHeyIn 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
font_00_sfnt_off00005472.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5472 25064 bytes
SHA-256: 807d59cbb10d11c9ecf4e656f32d74e67e8827cf0ffe35cd400fc0619ef28891
font_01_sfnt_off00008dac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8DAC 3092 bytes
SHA-256: 3811f2fb1880daf4953efcc9c7427d9b438bced237490b00be4a6ec3ecea79e0
font_02_sfnt_off00009856.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9856 18268 bytes
SHA-256: cdc10c07562964e95d3c60cab3c6d937b43618c1a43ea86bc4060c2923515875