Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f40cae6836bbea5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.3 KB Created: 2021-07-20 08:49:49 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: f6d7fcb8268cb9b2c5af8ea5221225be SHA-1: bae1ba5020f485224d487db2e84a7c49a32dce88 SHA-256: f40cae6836bbea5d3ceab4d139ec3e7e67f43a89f44c0d36770c17bf53d80575
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded URLs and a call-to-action phrase, strongly suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The primary URL, http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/free-minecraft-hosting-game-hack, is likely intended to lead the user to download a malicious payload. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/479516143/free-minecraft-hosting-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-ipad_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-realms-free-trial_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-no-verification-2021-ios_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-coins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-education-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-tiktok-likes-no-human-verification-or-downloading-apps_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-tiktok-coins_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/funbloxxyz-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-free-spin-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningmts01sgs.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-accounts_GM431946152.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_off0000310c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x310C 23196 bytes
SHA-256: 5eb36f91543edb1350f60eef7e8d04b73f44e546f9c710b742b55f8d60a36b46
font_01_sfnt_off00006524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6524 17996 bytes
SHA-256: bf6ae4c6721fa3eadf2b386a9cfec38fcd2e671f0767c49619a657aa344fd652