Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3b157dd22bdf3141…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.9 KB Created: 2021-06-08 17:48:54 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 44e144738d998c813f35cf3609f4ba94 SHA-1: dbe9e127526f41392ede6dc12c98bbc91eb5596d SHA-256: 3b157dd22bdf3141a55ebe9475c11c668a945498a9770486cfe795fc457e7703
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as game hacks or generators. The primary lure URL is https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-use-cheat-engine-in-roblox-jailbreak-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering attack aimed at tricking users into visiting malicious sites, likely for further malware delivery or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9875

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.tw/app/431946152/how-to-use-cheat-engine-in-roblox-jailbreak-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/hacks-for-roblox-prison-life_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/roblox-arsenal-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-2021-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/free-coins-coin-master-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-roblox-jailbreak_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/free-accessories-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/free-modded-minecraft-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-activegamer_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/oprewards-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/rewards-roblox-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/hackear-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/noclip-roblox-cheat-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/descargar-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/getrobux-now_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/how-to-get-free-robux-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/daily-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id/repository/500-free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/robux-boost_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lib.teknik.unimal.ac.id//repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today-2021_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_004_off00005437.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5437 39104 bytes
SHA-256: e336e2b2a4aa64de56bce7a5a00df0593303e29abd74dae79b19eabc2f4a284d
font_01_sfnt_off0000a98a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA98A 19376 bytes
SHA-256: 7c4760a1786020f950039891a931609bff4d96cda9c66d1c1e1c864a644cfadd