Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4e051b7f0ea45eed…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2021-05-11 04:40:24 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: ba8a083b78adfc6fa97d26adf7aa1eb7 SHA-1: 2a3e13b6cb09979c32b20901bd6c821b33db5eb3 SHA-256: 4e051b7f0ea45eedfbfd3a257f582704bf02a65e785b8c466e7907ddcfb6f494
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a malicious redirector link disguised as a "free generator / game hack" lure, impersonating Microsoft. This link directs users to the URL https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/oprewards-com-robux-game-hack, which is associated with malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body and embedded artifacts suggest an attempt to exploit users through social engineering.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/oprewards-com-robux-game-hack.
  • 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/oprewards-com-robux-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_off00003412.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3412 25004 bytes
SHA-256: 02258d594a42b95084dec26423ff684de8755cbd6b2f2bcb182fd6094faff8f5
font_01_sfnt_off00006e10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6E10 18852 bytes
SHA-256: cf2c3b83afe77c4831f4d7babd4a60d9ba9b4343e1e798506478eab5d5eea77b