Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 286d81a6c7a9f552…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.7 KB Created: 2021-06-24 13:06:34 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5b203f0923195995809704cd2942ae2c SHA-1: 25c420af4a31be538842e98a8101119a65a4c67b SHA-256: 286d81a6c7a9f552ea19a4db9019681539939fcbe8fb58da65350c189c67b0e4
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a lure for a "free Robux generator" which links to a suspicious URL. The heuristic 'PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE' and the embedded URL strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt. Although no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and the nature of the lure indicate an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious site, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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.co/app/431946152/roblox-free-robux-generator-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/daily-coin-master-free-spin-link-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/best-free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-2021-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-windows-10-mod-menu_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-shirt-free-edit-avatar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/i-want-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-coin-and-spin-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-jailbreak_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-hacks-no-survey-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-java-edition-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-2021-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/earn-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-likes-and-followers_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/client-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-get-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-apk-mods-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-live_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.st-lukes-endon.staffs.sch.uk/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-education-edition-free_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_off00003199.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3199 22232 bytes
SHA-256: 14e48b6a5c6405593b7a4c1b8cdd864280ea7bd3da57afcb49adb25d742f09e5
font_01_sfnt_off000062da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x62DA 18896 bytes
SHA-256: a8435c37e47e08e896321e6274f2685d30d248d21a2818cac5b51dec603f27f9