Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06d3da9b8f54bc05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.2 KB Created: 2021-05-23 07:40:17 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 0d896e6c7c1335ad7d8440c8c24cc249 SHA-1: e619bfdc3c5d09e7ba92aa0eb317d14021a0c819 SHA-256: 06d3da9b8f54bc059eb2262ce85c93d805d9f1cef6f9a2e50862cb987fa3dbcd
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links and a call-to-action phrase designed to trick users into clicking a URL. This URL, 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-no-verification-2021-ios-game-hack', is flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for 'free Robux' or 'game hacks', a common social engineering tactic. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded links are the primary mechanism for redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0134

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-no-verification-2021-ios-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
stream_002_off00002e9f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2E9F 28996 bytes
SHA-256: cb56201e0bbf6e19409f998d29b9340ddcd7635bafae25f52e25a352b4afb44c
font_01_sfnt_off00007045.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7045 2812 bytes
SHA-256: fc92a80cefddbcc51cb4ecd7284aa73b746cbd66adcf1d96110f0323ec06b51f
font_02_sfnt_off000079e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x79E5 19004 bytes
SHA-256: 57c461ba4099b7c3a729e07f809cac2bd0540fe115d61d2f21d5ca70446f19e8