PDF static analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fad56178dcf2285c…

SUSPICIOUS

PDF

40.7 KB Created: 2021-05-13 18:39:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 17ef221dcf21e7b13a5e73f061af0ccc SHA-1: 8b7af9189b01ab3b9ae2a0974a053f6dade9b33a SHA-256: fad56178dcf2285c6a6c5655bfeb3e3d4687ff37ca375c486583f846711560bb
52 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains text and a prominent link that impersonates Microsoft to trick users into downloading a fake Minecraft generator. The heuristic 'SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH' indicates brand impersonation, and the external URI 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-free-download-android-apk-0.14-0-game-hack' is presented as a call-to-action for downloading the fake generator.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

Heuristics 4

  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-free-download-android-apk-0.14-0-game-hack.
  • 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.xyz/app/479516143/minecraft-free-download-android-apk-0.14-0-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://freegiftcodes.euIn 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_off0000378b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x378B 25348 bytes
SHA-256: a1fc55b9d0f4c29ac72321abb12494cafb63c0998acbaf9bfc388cf833ff7a24
font_01_sfnt_off00007110.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7110 2972 bytes
SHA-256: 49808d1ebbea3496a3b559a64b6afccfca19b333132c3cd79d9538f309d56574
font_02_sfnt_off00007b5e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7B5E 19044 bytes
SHA-256: a5267b563baeeb74a90941775a753387a3f7a1649177b0733d928be729f6d9df