Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 50ebf2b0dc300ef2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2021-05-11 18:00:18 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: de172d1b6feed6258aad6776bb6d44bd SHA-1: 25eea78a324daa698d132ad8934337eeaa61be1a SHA-256: 50ebf2b0dc300ef2756d5c3053e825dedc2871705957ffe64698e09e22cc5bd6
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains text and embedded links that mimic a "free Robux generator" lure, directing users to a known malicious redirector. This is a common social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting potentially harmful websites. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0313

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-generator-2021-no-survey-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_off00003297.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3297 25568 bytes
SHA-256: 38eacb92f095b80bbfb0c6ce95a3b0c079cb31ac4574041980f78d3c3af650e0
font_01_sfnt_off00006d87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D87 19044 bytes
SHA-256: 6a3befe032ce85dfab02daa9542f37d979e32cd852f1a969db8cf02301732b57