Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 419280b472b192c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.0 KB Created: 2021-05-14 10:00:33 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 14a737e4bac0f5875e2b91dcbe3d3352 SHA-1: d2985d8073463b6fe276a23c22af607d16e7d02d SHA-256: 419280b472b192c324b7e82c753600e15d6da2ad1bb605298a27b0d3a93810d1
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack lure, linking to a known malicious redirector. The embedded URL 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/roblox-free-robux-hack-game-hack' is the primary indicator of malicious intent. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to 'Roblox Free Robux Hack' and a call to action, reinforcing the lure. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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.xyz/app/431946152/roblox-free-robux-hack-game-hack In 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_003_off00003561.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3561 25120 bytes
SHA-256: dc61caecfe67f4eaf6b3d93a02b07d209a74fb7e4e4d69dcf663f04cd7cabeef
font_01_sfnt_off00006eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EB1 18488 bytes
SHA-256: 44072fbb5c45a7604268a2c6438126b7db3492802a9c8847ecb07522db400813

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