Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 454b02c34307ba46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 07:14:06 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: d07eb16841e54dddb10bb052d63054a9 SHA-1: aa20fbd6553e7ef6360328557e6b2a4d56f302b8 SHA-256: 454b02c34307ba46c8c02039e9acc3dd96fd61834c1c459c1541f521a7c0060b
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that lead to a known malicious redirector, specifically advertising "free generators" and "game hacks" for popular games. The document body and heuristics strongly suggest a social engineering lure to trick users into visiting these malicious sites, which likely serve as a gateway for further malicious activity such as malware downloads or phishing. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of malicious links and the lure theme are sufficient indicators.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/how-to-hack-someone-on-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/how-to-get-free-robux-promo-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/robux-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/free-robux-ad-banner_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/pubg-uc-and-rp_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/how-do-you-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/free-robux-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/rbx-land-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/roblox-generator-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/blogger-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/robux-hack-engine_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/how-to-get-free-skins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/all-coin-master-spin-link-and-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/how-to-get-free-clothes-on-roblox-phone_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library//repository/how-to-get-2021-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/minecraft-free-download-linux_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/coin-master-free-gold-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/coin-master-hack-pc-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikesyahoedsmg.ac.id/Digital_Library/repository/quick-robux-hacks_GM431946152.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_off000031d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x31D0 23976 bytes
SHA-256: 006c2cc4994a9e0f9872c2bbf11e1e13c5e18099d355979b65c1999639b245e3
font_01_sfnt_off00006777.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6777 19080 bytes
SHA-256: 963276ac3658a4f1303280410bd3aafd1a833c38ea79ed0af769875644ea58f7