Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 456a09a37b9f9db3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.9 KB Created: 2021-06-07 20:53:05 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: e3515f66b023b385c3393e4ccd4ddf62 SHA-1: c4ba3267e1dc067b49299e37c4156099f882f339 SHA-256: 456a09a37b9f9db3b1217b0842c130705fa88e55c1dfc30ff7af8d2eef54d720
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, masquerading as game hacks or generators. The heuristic firings indicate a critical risk associated with these redirector links. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the document's structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to lead the user to a malicious site, likely for further exploitation or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9858

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/pg-family-friendly-roblox-content-free-robux-2021-builders-club-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rbx-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-no-download-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-i-have-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-2021-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-downgrade-minecraft-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-may-11-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-adopt-me-hacks-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-tiktok-followers-no-downloads_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox-groups-with-funds_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-hacking-tricks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-wheel_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/funbloxxyz-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-obby-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-apk_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/are-minecraft-realms-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/bloxawards-com-earn-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vaytechceramic.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-and-spins-for-coin-master-game_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_off0000551f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x551F 38872 bytes
SHA-256: 4b64beed1bbf126e53994443449b2addb9403d317d3c557ed5c2594d45dfd62f
font_01_sfnt_off0000ab94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAB94 19996 bytes
SHA-256: c6e662b473913f8043c43c6dbbcba71237e838df34c4ec58f1d7d7e50a8ef352