Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff18331a43de5d97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.0 KB Created: 2021-05-11 07:31:24 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a2cbc12f701b0585319cd8e92af6e54c SHA-1: 3b66b353d89a87212a0228c1f4e2469ce14dc88f SHA-256: ff18331a43de5d973bd561e47b8201110ae3dd0e74d614cf7b2ed91cb7643050
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'free generator / game hack' lures. The embedded URLs and the document body content strongly suggest a social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF's structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/406889139/coin-master-free-coins-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey-no-download-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-apps-that-work_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-game-hack-online_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-phantom-forces-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-items_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/feb-23-2021-free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-com-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-coin-master-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/best-free-minecraft-server-hosting-reddit_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-roblox-clothes-templates_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-earn-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-demon_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/hack-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-safe_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elearning-ganjil.massimbangkulon.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-hack-generator_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
stream_003_off00004cc4.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4CC4 24096 bytes
SHA-256: 9acde73e274b959e30443c63b23406359f78f9ab0a5f053821d1a07340f732c8
font_01_sfnt_off000083bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x83BC 17712 bytes
SHA-256: 0afd6f2792edb83b7f2a0201a1e0a5eb12ca81ad868fb3e42742340ee6e5fb0e