Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f1239f950fded178…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.2 KB Created: 2021-06-07 08:35:59 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 954c46edefe4366f99db799ce3f918d2 SHA-1: b141d2681ea4035a9347654cb914060beb07e2b7 SHA-256: f1239f950fded1785243737297ce41f711091873a7a87e07252f26e08e24dc23
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a high-severity heuristic indicating it links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector, specifically pointing to a URL that appears to be a lure for game-related cheats. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to this URL and mentions 'wkhtmltopdf', suggesting it was generated from web content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9864

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 https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/are-there-any-free-my-hero-academia-games-on-roblox-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/tiktok-free-followers-2021_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-tiktok-free_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-2021-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-food-for-foxy-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-for-planet-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-download-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-and-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-spins-from-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/haktuts-2021-coin-master-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-free-c_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/real-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-game-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-maps-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-claim-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.italisaitaly.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/best-free-hacked-client_GM479516143.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_off00005638.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5638 25816 bytes
SHA-256: 74fdde427505671baa3d58ea9d45075a87a6575ff96b60b6c0122083b85dfc63
font_01_sfnt_off00008f54.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8F54 19272 bytes
SHA-256: 2d1ec2f4653cb0d1c3b9620612870078fe2ef3615d03601c60d4b40837da6af9