Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 049980a6f0801ef9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 22:07:19 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: afad5003b618293ece4c1c20af7a4583 SHA-1: 6ce7470a21feecddc0bf85826d24a1e91d185691 SHA-256: 049980a6f0801ef99c1aa98e6dd92cb5785a11b02acb64a3d8ed384930eb4e29
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising 'game hacks' and 'generators' for popular games like Roblox. The document body and heuristics confirm the intent is to lure users to click these links, likely leading to further malware downloads or phishing attempts. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.co/app/431946152/criminals-vs-swat-roblox-hack-script-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/robux-com-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/hack-admin-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/free-private-server-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/can-i-please-play-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/el-hacker-de-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-coins-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/free-robux-no-human-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/robux-free-may-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-robux-group-funds_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/https-iosgodscom-topic-20214coinmasterhack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-with-inspect-element-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/blox-world-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/roblox-urbis-hack-with-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/send-me-500-2021-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/free-spins-on-coin-master-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/what-do-roblox-points-do_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-xyz_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/does-roblox-have-anti-cheat_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pustaka.mesin.ft.unand.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin_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
font_00_sfnt_off0000339d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x339D 22588 bytes
SHA-256: 2f9c81c613d2e037e0901cfdf87ed463ec92c07780baa15294be21dd0ed5e279
font_01_sfnt_off00006648.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6648 19616 bytes
SHA-256: 830dc1c6345a74d29ed79fb5c3334efafff4d14108452019311558bc63c5e7fd