Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ff7a42fa31b6d6c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2021-05-20 15:42:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 3c262475d352620a489763f37be07d60 SHA-1: 39531d4d8865c6305f58674296fa16abae4d6fa3 SHA-256: ff7a42fa31b6d6c2225398090d3f42cdf078e2fa8f5d32dd39d36086bb3fb695
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, including one identified as a malicious redirector. The document body and heuristics suggest a lure for free game hacks, aiming to redirect users to potentially malicious content. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links indicate an attempt to lead the user to a compromised or malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9616

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/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-chromebook-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearningma.darmuj.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/android-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningma.darmuj.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-spin-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningma.darmuj.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-apk-hack-32_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningma.darmuj.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearningma.darmuj.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-daily-free-spin-app_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_off00003510.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3510 25736 bytes
SHA-256: ba7218cd812e2853ffc53d6532a43413d15ae1961595c39bd94df63d7c0efdcc
font_01_sfnt_off00006f83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F83 18628 bytes
SHA-256: 3a4e3f8378819557dde5b27ff4793c702252829ac96e9550bc2b3bfa5905855e