Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e22b9e9041782181…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.2 KB Created: 2021-05-13 02:42:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: c9f29f824b08b925f7376a6f4ea08fa2 SHA-1: 4f036057cf55a53e2560b363da6c5b48dc0f71c9 SHA-256: e22b9e90417821819830384bb169a1c4b38146ba178967c31234169fff51e5bc
70 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links and text that mimic a download for a "Minecraft 1.12 Hacked Client", including a "CLICK HERE TO ACCESS MINECRAFT GENERATOR" call to action. The heuristic PDF_MALICIOUS_REDIRECTOR_LINK indicates that one of the embedded URLs, https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-1.12-hacked-client-game-hack, leads to known malicious redirector infrastructure. This suggests the document is a lure to trick users into downloading malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0172

Heuristics 3

  • 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/479516143/minecraft-1.12-hacked-client-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://plumbingmedics.com/images/minecraft-for-laptop-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000353d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x353D 25724 bytes
SHA-256: 5845a5aeaed4f034fdfc1a53381bb5e692c625ea58cb633ce7a82957f53e69ac
font_01_sfnt_off00006f80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F80 7936 bytes
SHA-256: 218d53b68bdddb064f6fba4be822d5b3725ed1cef1a3b42796a8dd99c4a62f4e
font_02_sfnt_off000088aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x88AA 4232 bytes
SHA-256: ab6320ab342704d2c5943abfba82ed4837bf2da871c91621741fd4cfd15c6ed5
font_03_sfnt_off00009737.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9737 18280 bytes
SHA-256: 82135226d76a6244ad3fef1c984a62d44c7236218efe4707925baddb6c5b4f8a