Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 046e3c5009160e7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.2 KB Created: 2021-05-13 03:01:18 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 9df2f4b4ea3bfc7f4ade78e27435b7fe SHA-1: b5b32459279f76e0e7e4b06435538978e8967ceb SHA-256: 046e3c5009160e7a9486d8ed4527f4a12367314f5d84201abe3947e83a3a1884
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to a redirector URL that is associated with game hack lures. The document body also contains phrases like 'Easy How To Get Free Robux' and 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR', reinforcing the lure. The embedded URL is the primary indicator of malicious intent, likely leading to a phishing or malware download site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

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/easy-how-to-get-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000032a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x32A6 25504 bytes
SHA-256: 4c08b126a1a1abc040d9b44bd06e2e6546f10f8eea89676e928337520d8aeb71
font_01_sfnt_off00006cb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6CB8 2832 bytes
SHA-256: 77ae1c4cffa647a8fd533dfa4102e94364989f9e80b9cd131876e9d1005899a2
font_02_sfnt_off00007668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7668 18688 bytes
SHA-256: c2d85703cc6a1447500036b33f7ea43eb33cd1174df43eac9260fbff62206025