Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f823daf46fba9043…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 08:29:00 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 675698c524ae94a598fd0a0c8dc4f75f SHA-1: 4f11881babc1bcc74a6180c3ac93769726c53f83 SHA-256: f823daf46fba9043a1ca2df4b0a35303bda5367f3b151a9f274206e73d366cf4
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of free game currency and hacks to entice users to click on embedded links. The primary link directs to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, likely serving as a gateway to further malicious content or phishing pages. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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.co/app/431946152/2021-free-robux-windows-8-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/freespinandcoinblogspot-com-2021-11-coinmasterfreespins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-cheat-the-new-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/daily-free-spins-coin-master-heaven_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-com-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-heaven-free-spins-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/cm-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins-daily-summary_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-kid-friendly-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe-hack-client-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-games-with-free-boombox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/epic-gamers-ss-free-download-roblox-exploit_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-safe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-fly-hack-in-roblox-prison-life_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-cheatgg-safe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/why-old-roblox-accounts-and-free-items_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-arsenal-hacks-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.esmartdigitalcard.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.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_002_off0000307a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x307A 23108 bytes
SHA-256: efd980bebdff44f6a88446755048f1170b68f337866f92a0acc4aee86d778b18
font_01_sfnt_off00006478.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6478 19984 bytes
SHA-256: 55b6318e72e46c738c14ae97f48a424a8ed14b41541dcdfe0a2af43f3bd3376f