Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 25bcf102ccf5302c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.6 KB Created: 2021-05-21 05:26:38 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 63336504c6c47f50113976386d245dca SHA-1: d56b7fc82b8fefc366701b43bb8dbc5e14cf4234 SHA-256: 25bcf102ccf5302cd5bb0c7d0fdd4072537b771274f6685116601f3e1c44495a
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 advertising a "free Robux generator" lure. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. The embedded URLs and document body text strongly suggest a phishing attempt to redirect users to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9684

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-just-enter-username-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-do-you-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-mod_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/cm-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-hacker-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medlinerecruitment.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-2021_GM431946152.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_off000033ed.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33ED 26764 bytes
SHA-256: 67fdc66827fb7e239c536d799f0e0d144a7c6cb62f709c14d029f4fbaa77d70c
font_01_sfnt_off00006fa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6FA6 18960 bytes
SHA-256: ad194f5984d8cbd7c817d1b512f86f024f40bf30beebdf7d12c6ff62fc849400