Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 162a39b84fabc4c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB Created: 2021-05-19 03:31:00 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 3eca0086d28b919dc4750f8cc5c15d8a SHA-1: 938576c3ccbb2ac5a32e60fe2b54c22e2fa95402 SHA-256: 162a39b84fabc4c2b1cc6729fbd9d1e512544219210586feafee58b69eb31bdb
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious redirection and a lure for game hacks. It embeds a link to a known malicious redirector, https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-by-watching-ads-game-hack, which is designed to deceive users. The document body and embedded artifacts reinforce the theme of free game currency, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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-by-watching-ads-game-hack In 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_off0000367a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x367A 24572 bytes
SHA-256: 79c8b88c4b304356adc9727c3a0f4688ac7960b0929731cd12519e1d1fdd41be
font_01_sfnt_off00006e89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E89 19472 bytes
SHA-256: 06b7c2c04a08988b26013261e09f65c94c24f523f4ae9df4e6f4943f7c42b6f1

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