Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5bc60f1d078eee9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.8 KB Created: 2021-05-23 12:05:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: fb50ba376c2db5cce0ababf87edc715f SHA-1: 6984b5a2fc4e1a0d4a8c3d116ee0484a6676eadb SHA-256: e5bc60f1d078eee9991aa1a8fd0f9e36bc8a0cbd4588d6b194fa0dafa43e78a6
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains multiple links that redirect to a known malicious domain, presented as a 'free generator' for a popular game. The document body explicitly contains a call to action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS COIN MASTER GENERATOR', reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to lead users to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0076

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/406889139/haktuts-coin-master-free-spins-game-hack In 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_off00002f9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2F9E 23624 bytes
SHA-256: f32c0926ea8c5e67c40c5fb008cb2a53cde56ddd3954dfa6e869924394110bc0
font_01_sfnt_off0000650c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x650C 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off00006ebd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EBD 18196 bytes
SHA-256: d21f7c9777ff22c572caba6bc61bff535e054503ba9d308437b2513133ac2854