Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01c5345df596c798…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.9 KB Created: 2021-05-20 20:11:13 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 72f69e8726d9a7abdae546d5d5b4feb6 SHA-1: 97a0b7271d1f22dd803f1c9acbb90a19ce7f4dd5 SHA-256: 01c5345df596c798767a5646216e9b60acf3b46ed77727b9d15864656814ac44
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a prominent link disguised as a 'free Robux generator' that redirects to known malicious infrastructure. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains similar lure text and the same malicious URL. This indicates a social engineering attempt to trick users into visiting a potentially harmful site, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9476

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/431946152/free-robux-generator-no-survey-no-download-no-human-verification-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-printable-minecraft-coloring-pages_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/50-000-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.iseas.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/claim-free-robux_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_002_off0000387b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x387B 28796 bytes
SHA-256: 78b11fbfc893aadc89e84fa763334210e65f8b7ed7d03c2e34ffb87f21ea156d
font_01_sfnt_off00007a58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A58 19736 bytes
SHA-256: 3cea6d4f9da734904bcc55369e0b79f4621aa36195ab65246c463812034b9480