Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eda6fa0b81f524c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.0 KB Created: 2021-05-14 17:22:55 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 4579114f29347850c0027250903f4948 SHA-1: 233827f37cd06fedb2d769239bf4debf112cf078 SHA-256: eda6fa0b81f524c3a9f61d5abd2f8fea2d906fca2d737e7f1754ca319353dddd
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically advertising 'free generator / game hack' lures. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains similar URLs and text related to game exploits. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9632

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/431946152/free-script-executor-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/mcpe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-giveaway_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-actually-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/robux-sign_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-1_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-chromebook_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-online-hack-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-play-minecraft-online-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/robux-converter_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/roblox-april-fools-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-robux-sites-that-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-do-i-get-free-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/robux-in_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-mojang-account-with-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/how-do-u-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mountainholidaytreks.com/userfiles/files/free-roblox-website_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_003_off00004659.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4659 24968 bytes
SHA-256: 277ffd80a14eab7312a9792b99c2c3b163a4b3b79a43fc745897fab78fc19ad5
font_01_sfnt_off00007f95.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7F95 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_02_sfnt_off00008ca6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8CA6 18488 bytes
SHA-256: c1d8906df7cfed201442eecb2c05ff4a638972dd76746327367067a9273c3e32