Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48f92c3063d6e1b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

28.7 KB Created: 2021-05-10 18:35:26 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ee5f2bc8cb433bcc7f2e9d16319930df SHA-1: 50d91d34dbad3bf1cffcac55787ec1eb9a398843 SHA-256: 48f92c3063d6e1b615a24ad9f447dad772da22a8ae9f8dd3512224ae0814eaa5
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded URLs that lead to known malicious redirectors, specifically advertising free Robux and game hacks. The document body and heuristic firings confirm the lure is for obtaining in-game currency or cheats, which is a common social engineering tactic. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect the user to a malicious website, likely for further exploitation or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9747

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/free-robux-pastebin-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/if-you-delete-minecraft-can-you-redownload-it-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-quora_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-free-items-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-generator_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-com-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-anti-bot-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/games-in-roblox-that-give-you-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-duplicate-coin-master-spin-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/boost9-com-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-for-coin-master-app_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-com_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-cheat-codes-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-m-coins-mcpe-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-real-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-apk-mods-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-coin-master-cards-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clooetherattorneys.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-codes-2021_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_off00002342.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2342 19528 bytes
SHA-256: 9c4ba903f5fd5e7d571976d4e30f13b5c5a7956123f6e0c5dd30f993400c2e41
font_01_sfnt_off00004c41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x4C41 18620 bytes
SHA-256: 10493b23bc5ef0d73c1582ce0af85c313c8077c60a374ecda70c4edbf5cadd5c