Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4977df74ea46fdb1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

49.3 KB Created: 2021-05-12 10:12:17 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 964e79ba831fdb43ad4aaf33bf08b3c1 SHA-1: 8de300bc7727037d244176567806e09a229e844f SHA-256: 4977df74ea46fdb1ac107b0e37c40d52a7029eb68a129e71ea6c37234f7f9c4e
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to a known malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising free Robux generators and game hacks. The document body and heuristics confirm the lure is for obtaining in-game currency or cheats. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly indicate a phishing or scam attempt, likely leading to further malware download or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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/how-do-you-get-free-robux-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/microsoft-roblox-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-pro-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-free-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/wwwcoin-master-free-spincom_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coins-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/good-free-minecraft-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spin-codes_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-tool-v1-9-pc_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-for-kids_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-generator-for-roblox-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-and-spin-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-robux-codes-2021-real_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hack-ios-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spins-and-coins-blogspot-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-game-hack-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-hacks-for-iphone_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/get-me-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.miriyadlussholihien.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/roblox-script-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
stream_003_off00004d66.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4D66 36732 bytes
SHA-256: f713e25faf31d7fe0ac1dde5a1b8f905f4083e4046e855355d7a7a81bdf229ee
font_01_sfnt_off00009c68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9C68 19016 bytes
SHA-256: 7afc4835c6f8d200a546e15f78f642ba5dd88c8fac7df04bc3003dd1e9f7232a