Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 254266ba7a169e19…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.5 KB Created: 2021-05-20 23:16:43 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8f0ebece115a431e294d86d0f8858c62 SHA-1: a9b98d13bc37e2cf90d618748c09ec728b19639c SHA-256: 254266ba7a169e19461fba21cf8a8ac6bd86658914314eba276145bc93835167
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded links that redirect to a malicious domain, masquerading as "free game hacks" or "Robux generators." The document body explicitly mentions "How To Hack Roblox Games" and includes a "CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR" call to action, aiming to lure users into clicking these malicious URLs. The presence of these links and the deceptive content strongly suggest a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9492

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-games-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearnig.mtsmiftahululumdero.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-in-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearnig.mtsmiftahululumdero.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-premium-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearnig.mtsmiftahululumdero.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-robux-without-doing-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearnig.mtsmiftahululumdero.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-verifying_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearnig.mtsmiftahululumdero.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hacks_GM406889139.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
stream_002_off00003304.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3304 25684 bytes
SHA-256: c6ac328ef19cb96f0c4f1d8e2d3be2706cd0b603de1c6e19484221095e4cb446
font_01_sfnt_off00006c17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C17 18608 bytes
SHA-256: f0530f62cc2e234d68a11618bd0f649c02fcf1ebf2f14054a2e3aba439076e74