Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a58b1b2b34e5bdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.1 KB Created: 2021-07-20 08:56:38 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 0a724e5ac59aaf58da18a056c33723c3 SHA-1: 91b185f338b726cea793a6705022a571b7046cac SHA-256: 1a58b1b2b34e5bdc9c40cac34b0644727837b3beea2025c2db6a50dda5d43fea
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a malformed stream and links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-robux-card-codes-game-hack. The document body and embedded URLs suggest a lure for free game currency or hacks, which is a common social engineering tactic. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the overall structure points to an exploit delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9930

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Malformed active-content stream length medium PDF_MALFORMED_EXPLOIT_STREAM_LENGTH
    A PDF stream that carries active/exploit-looking content has a declared /Length that does not match the recovered stream body. Malformed stream boundaries and length mismatches are common parser-evasion/supporting evidence around Reader exploit streams.
  • 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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-robux-card-codes-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/minecraft-pc-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/how-to-get-free-robux-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/robux-free-c_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/minecraft-hacks-115-2_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/promo-codes-for-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/coin-master-free-spin-ml_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/robux-free-online_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/how-to-hack-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dev.pmrscambodia.org/images/uploadfiles/how-to-get-free-coins-on-tiktok_GM835599320.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
font_00_sfnt_off00002884.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2884 22460 bytes
SHA-256: dbf03cb57f2fa06b8d411272d541f9d04db22710a2a6524a8a987b9a914bf1ac
font_01_sfnt_off00005a7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5A7B 18604 bytes
SHA-256: 76f154967b1764cdb0e080aec3bf58540dd9c05f424ffe6cf9398947fbdad8ca