Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecc89bf2a49fbdbe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.6 KB Created: 2021-06-04 03:07:50 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: c6022ab8c3f73e2d3b4a538b2e1b8b4b SHA-1: 0a2477112cdc2ecea6c14c06c6f489cb23f025ee SHA-256: ecc89bf2a49fbdbe1e21bda0c52697a73f0f8c83d44f8770e8e6a6db6ed1c88f
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 a game hack redirect lure, pointing to a known malicious URL. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to the same URL and mentions 'wkhtmltopdf', suggesting it was generated by a tool. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence further support the malicious nature of this document, likely intended to trick users into visiting a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9748

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/406889139/coin-master-shield-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/pubg-uc-midasbuy_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-into-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-minecraft-bedrock-edition-on-pc-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id//repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-clothes-boy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id//repository/free-minecraft-server-hosting-24-7_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id//repository/coin-master-spin-hack-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/minecraft-servers-that-allow-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/how-to-make-a-private-server-on-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id//repository/how-to-make-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id//repository/free-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/free-spin-coin-master-instagram_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-items-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id//repository/minecraft-free-ios-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/robux-earning-sites_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-no-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.stieyapan.ac.id/repository/roblox-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn 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
stream_004_off00005085.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5085 25604 bytes
SHA-256: 23b385578ae9e60083b3f3bd5b0b7bd6a49af320e569d1e6a8e22fc21649a2f8
font_01_sfnt_off00008a3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A3C 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 30dce2b9c1950da345d7fed8f00c38887adfa2f2ddecc31775af2315e819ac37
font_02_sfnt_off000093ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x93EE 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 2773020a9ca51f28bcb030d2519f478b200dd757f17da2a4e62f9d950a58fe27