Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e41bad53cc511bc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

31.4 KB Created: 2021-07-19 08:55:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4dc9c3618f0979706c142ffd8028a83a SHA-1: f7b6f932afde401876786c27dd8fb527925d8f98 SHA-256: e41bad53cc511bc293f5467ee15fa2cc2ab04a726abb682c712977444bbca3a5
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a lure for a 'free generator / game hack' which links to a suspicious URL. The document body also contains similar links and urgency language, suggesting an attempt to trick the user into downloading or accessing malicious content. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links indicate a phishing or redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8831

Heuristics 5

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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/free-minecraft-coloring-pages-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://elearning.mtsn2lamtim.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-online-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.mtsn2lamtim.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verification-no-download_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_off00002616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2616 22984 bytes
SHA-256: bb9c7ebdca2da2725ecf60e67ac75f4147129088a006de58535e915c6724fb77
font_01_sfnt_off000059b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x59B3 18224 bytes
SHA-256: 6e343a052bd34aead68fa90857bbbafbb2ebf9a3dc2705f241561e157218897d