Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2184a9ac59478356…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.4 KB Created: 2021-07-19 12:10:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 6aa76194685bfb20384c8010e50aea59 SHA-1: fc5b7a9a91cfaaf1fef9f2c32d224aa948088a32 SHA-256: 2184a9ac5947835650b9cce5332f53eecf6d7a624ff4e64fbfc53d41e6fae119
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a lure for free Robux, directing users to a link that has been flagged as a malicious redirector. The document body and embedded URLs suggest a social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting potentially harmful sites. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the lure indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-get-free-robux-easy-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-followers-on-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-2021-not-used_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-games-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-building-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-download-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.titastar.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-skin-packs_GM479516143.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_off00002eca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2ECA 22624 bytes
SHA-256: 140052b3c1a14629c0d887f53ee6433b6cc9173698bee1eacc9f19493004286e
font_01_sfnt_off00006142.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6142 19276 bytes
SHA-256: 9f22d9eedc59cc6147a13ff82aa3768ba2a0c9b9a35b2047936220c7f40e5b3c