Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 165f100d8166d738…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.4 KB Created: 2021-05-16 05:01:22 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: b57c1ace83824933a63013d2c3cbd2f5 SHA-1: 7f6f9a37d515f6225556cdf4ec6a381ff8aafc6b SHA-256: 165f100d8166d73865c485460dda52b6823e50d297c25d9b40207538843ffc45
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links and text explicitly referencing 'free generator' and 'game hack' lures for Roblox, directing users to a known malicious redirector. The document body also contains a prominent call to action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR'. This indicates a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0312

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/how-to-hack-roblox-for-robux-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
stream_003_off000033fd.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33FD 24368 bytes
SHA-256: 801819aab275b0c766ab188c011b8b421ea4f116e2b3b3dbe834e2ce19ffe4b8
font_01_sfnt_off00006bd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6BD3 18648 bytes
SHA-256: 7689b6731d47fc176aef925fc5194a10a34d162e90d7014a3ccea13949bcaf7e