Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 20ff5e6c980bccd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.5 KB Created: 2021-07-04 00:48:04 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 95a6892d94716b4be25dad7485f511d9 SHA-1: cb7a03df1d9000ba3e33d97a9cb1be4967882e85 SHA-256: 20ff5e6c980bccd3516082cd4853610da77d78f933a3a477205b3c6b5922fef1
152 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to a website offering 'free Robux' and 'game hacks', a common lure for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to trick users into visiting a malicious site, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8797

Heuristics 3

  • 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.
  • 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/how-to-get-free-robux-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1pacitan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/earn-free-robux-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1pacitan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-spins-and-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1pacitan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-on-computer-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning.mtsn1pacitan.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-heaven-free-spins-link-2021-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text