Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1161f8c891e98ac7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB Created: 2021-04-24 16:00:53 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 3aff0fb9bab9cd9b592a8696b9aa10ab SHA-1: b89f4c40a4945fe61753e9d6276ad24e8b4bd1d5 SHA-256: 1161f8c891e98ac7df755ef6d893e57d6b6cc86c8b5b7bf3b9255fac4a4302bd
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to websites offering game hacks and generators, which are known lures for malicious activity. One of these links, https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/hacker-man-bandit-simulator-roblox-game-hack, is identified as a malicious redirector. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to these lures and other URLs, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of malicious redirectors and the lure indicate a high likelihood of leading users to a malicious site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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/hacker-man-bandit-simulator-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/robux-hack-no-survey-and-no-user-id.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/is-roblox-free-to-play.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-anyones-roblox-acount.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/claim-free-robux-com.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/free-cafe-roblox-gropup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/join-the-group-for-a-free-sword-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/hack-in-roblox-account.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/free-robuxs-pa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nlcitychurch.org.hk/upload/userfiles/files/robux-hack-pro-tv.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
stream_003_off0000433b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x433B 28644 bytes
SHA-256: 6a2c17b829c1a0212c493c98f35573704836e59c1b49caf1798fdaccfc3c9c91
font_01_sfnt_off00008465.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8465 19176 bytes
SHA-256: 6ef817d57206cc8cae8d4886ec6c8cc7e8a55102a854bad585581c2f41d6e589