Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e83bb53127853834…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.7 KB Created: 2021-06-09 06:26:44 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7aa355b5c3d040d60d3b602cf07ef223 SHA-1: a9757ff323424e674c62a406cf9b7b63712f1f0c SHA-256: e83bb5312785383407b3ac0bcbd00f89e1f2d53122352edd4a92469e7303f6d1
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, disguised as game hacks and generators. The primary malicious URL identified is https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/roblox-mobile-app-free-download-game-hack. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to this URL and other similar PDF files, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of malicious links and the ML classifier's high confidence indicate a high likelihood of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9832

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.tw/app/431946152/roblox-mobile-app-free-download-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/free-clothing-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/get-free-robux-info_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/free-coins-coin-master-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/how-you-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-xyz-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/pokemon-go-free-clothes_GM1094591345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/free-bc-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/get-free-robux-gg_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-coins_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-a-free-minecraft-account_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-coins-in-mcpe-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/roblox-hack-me-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-no-survey-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.stikesperintis.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-spins_GM406889139.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
stream_004_off00005263.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5263 27784 bytes
SHA-256: b4d3a2cacd1cbe75f80603663edb4bb5a0faed4e27ce73a6940e65e61bfa9871
font_01_sfnt_off0000916b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x916B 19176 bytes
SHA-256: e10569705f5e999c8796c36dcf113b9b15dbabb6e959af1b76615f570eae89f9