Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff3399f670088683…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.8 KB Created: 2021-05-21 05:10:08 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6c1ae711895a8c5728b58acf7393d52d SHA-1: 0b9b9826959a31fe1339dd49dc7862690dba5cfd SHA-256: ff3399f6700886835f2594603fcbc486ffe4408a7aece7fb2ed9420fd7cbd77f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to websites that are flagged as malicious redirectors, specifically advertising free generators for games like Minecraft and Roblox. The document body, though partially garbled, contains text and URLs related to these lures. The presence of these links and the heuristic firings strongly suggest a social engineering attack aimed at redirecting users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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/479516143/minecraft-pocket-edition-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.mathershydraulics.com.au/static/userfiles/files/how-do-i-get-free-robux-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mathershydraulics.com.au/static/userfiles/files/get-free-spins-coin-master-october-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mathershydraulics.com.au/static/userfiles/files/free-roblox-clothes-and-hair_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mathershydraulics.com.au/static/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mathershydraulics.com.au/static/userfiles/files/minecraft-alt-accounts-free_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_002_off0000339e.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x339E 24568 bytes
SHA-256: 82ffdee17474390c68439a30198445dadae3586bbb4f26b63cba95f3866a226f
font_01_sfnt_off00006ac1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6AC1 18208 bytes
SHA-256: 8dadf0fd28e98d89ce6fd9d7956b131e74aedd91cd69dedc14cee10df05e92c0