Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 efde5b42500c3f32…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.5 KB Created: 2021-07-22 00:45:48 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: a3736fbf6412556e49c482af7bd0807e SHA-1: cacad85406863c80ee984f9b1c3f6d247b4e15dc SHA-256: efde5b42500c3f32ac441ae54c8b6de11603da68736296cf3a02672f8d320bf7
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a high-severity heuristic firing for a 'free game hack' redirect lure, pointing to a suspicious URL. The document body and embedded links also reinforce this lure, suggesting the primary goal is to redirect the user to a site that likely hosts malware or phishing content. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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/minecraft-for-ipad-free-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-noob-vs-pro-vs-hacker-vs-god_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-mac_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-start-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-card-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-start-a-minecraft-server-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-without-downloading-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.min11blitar.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/tiktok-fans-free_GM835599320.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_off00002e66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2E66 22828 bytes
SHA-256: cf8a11ec002c5555d3f95c5a33dd97c15dde978889448cb7eb8db36d29b75b55
font_01_sfnt_off000061a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x61A2 18060 bytes
SHA-256: e7041c736bb680ef9c5afd20c9d1b3857fb6e2c22e525da80690d2251a0ac91e