Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 04569c72cca5fe60…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.7 KB Created: 2021-04-29 22:41:29 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: eb855edbb9ebe20ea26e8f269184d2f8 SHA-1: 2a174b11d8f88a742f503e7dd47c2713394a737f SHA-256: 04569c72cca5fe6093f090427f5fe17b5f5042f09e09277b98f836a496b93c9d
168 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting a "free Robux" generator for Roblox. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The document body and embedded links suggest a lure for users seeking in-game currency, which is a common social engineering tactic to drive traffic to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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/google-how-do-i-get-free-robux-on-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-apk-mod-unlimited-robux-free-download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/como-hacer-hacks-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-ipad-only-2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-piano-hack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-hack-no-human-verification-2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-websites-not-clickbait.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/f3x-tools-hack-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-edit-money-value-cheat-2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-girl-clothes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.malesse.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-cheats-client.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_off00004342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4342 26324 bytes
SHA-256: 46c76b5a8e02609768df94ce9eafcc6c853370c40a341b0997cdc1681f4c1424
font_01_sfnt_off00007fa7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7FA7 18812 bytes
SHA-256: ccc33df16ea626d4dff41f7c14c9765bff8053578d1652536e4fb68a6937c01c