Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 041ffe0cd6d2ef39…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 00:20:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4b4e41e074ad634b6c915657cbd51fcd SHA-1: 6093b0245bb5fa8f7bbf91bef1c78f886ece2bd3 SHA-256: 041ffe0cd6d2ef393e3ccaeaca491f9a4f1cdb622568fddefbd386addd820675
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a high-risk heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to a suspicious URL. The document body and extracted URLs reinforce this, indicating a social engineering attempt to trick users into visiting a site promising game cheats. No scripts were extracted, but the primary function appears to be directing users to a potentially malicious external resource.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-hack-roblox-on-mobile-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-coins-on-assassin-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/army-tycoon-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-name-charnge-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-apoc-rising-skin-giver-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-arsenal-hacks-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-gratis-hack-para-android_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/como-hackear-robux-facil_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-blue-aldias-tshirt-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-change-your-name-on-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/best-site-for-free-coin-master-free-spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-clothes-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-ios_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/windows-10-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-1701-20_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-promo-codes-april-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-you-still-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-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
font_00_sfnt_off000033dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33DD 22404 bytes
SHA-256: 547e38fa0935065711cd7def4c082f069cb5d592f2135e30f85cf0c4e9d417cc
font_01_sfnt_off000065e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x65E5 19136 bytes
SHA-256: c6cfa40e1d917af866a87a81e144bf0d2408366b6fc953e8a0176cb384fbd87c