Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 33f6960bd83f9abf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2021-05-16 12:00:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: dbde300e5772586c4b8d16aa94b31c1a SHA-1: 956f85f2c68277a680e42e631462ae048174dcc8 SHA-256: 33f6960bd83f9abff1c7ea1f230caf6d92fd3e1c049639be4d2dc1c8ccd155f3
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF document contains multiple heuristics indicating a malicious redirector link, specifically impersonating Microsoft to facilitate credential phishing under the guise of a 'free Robux generator' for Roblox. The embedded URL leads to known malicious infrastructure, suggesting an attempt to download further malicious content or redirect users to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/how-do-i-get-free-robux-on-roblox-game-hack.
  • 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-do-i-get-free-robux-on-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000034b0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34B0 25872 bytes
SHA-256: 1aeb74fab9938df2309ca28577e44dc5289ff074af1bc3097235795712594ba8
font_01_sfnt_off00006f77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F77 18524 bytes
SHA-256: 4ccd670e6a0bad46446eeab730d71d218c542e1f5d690955267ad9a8693a3722

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