Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1522de4a23fdd81b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.7 KB Created: 2021-05-25 10:02:09 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: f6ba11c61555341cfaa834b406b22cce SHA-1: bf4d2ba12dee3570c5bded56b1f965b7cb00df42 SHA-256: 1522de4a23fdd81b239b100b2baec20a65ee99e959abfff940a03c2f71524677
240 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document employs social engineering tactics, including a fake CAPTCHA and a "download" button, to trick users into clicking a malicious link. This link redirects to a "free Robux generator" website, which is a common lure for phishing or malware distribution. The document also contains embedded URLs that point to potentially malicious or misleading content, further supporting the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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-com-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.prodex-holz.cz/images/cool-minecraft-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prodex-holz.cz/images/coin-master-free-spin-and-coin-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prodex-holz.cz/images/how-to-hack-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prodex-holz.cz/images/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prodex-holz.cz/images/password-free-roblox-accounts_GM431946152.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_002_off000030dd.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x30DD 24752 bytes
SHA-256: 90209bb7fcf4ddafbf271dafed9d407c3dd1b7e7d4d09aa75ab636b7e58dd1b7
font_01_sfnt_off00006a28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6A28 18276 bytes
SHA-256: d7491fe45cc88596c87233a963b6162720bf27c142cea717df16fbc09fa29ea6