Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 346ecfc5e96dfca9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.6 KB Created: 2021-05-13 14:03:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 093af0268cbf70e3613b9969cc1a255d SHA-1: aa3d1c910aa78a61a64a7a689b97c0f933b73092 SHA-256: 346ecfc5e96dfca99d1596eef945921ffa90259ec0aca0f223cb9ffe958286d7
92 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious. It uses brand-impersonation credential phishing. The file routes users through malicious redirector infrastructure and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • 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/free-robux-2021-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
  • 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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00003469.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3469 28764 bytes
SHA-256: 5dd39dd262572ecbc5fe65ad5bff75faa1a28555fe27bb6690d74c0cb29c4d64
font_01_sfnt_off0000755f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x755F 18416 bytes
SHA-256: a2c808792aaeb1607b9c3a91ae122c662faffffe8d42f3cf4118be6ccc5b3e7b