Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52a8129b9918d2f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.7 KB Created: 2021-06-10 14:28:02 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 2dee577c8efa05f185de459f71eb5379 SHA-1: 32cba4a4531b7ce52876a3280079aac54dd44b56 SHA-256: 52a8129b9918d2f535f208077858ed2337c038256c066f9c16c5a6b2295cb76f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors and game hack lures, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The embedded URLs, such as 'https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/roblox-hack-free-robux-generator-phantom-forces-hack-android-game-hack', are designed to lead users to potentially harmful content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to malicious websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

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/roblox-hack-free-robux-generator-phantom-forces-hack-android-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-download-minecraft-for-free-on-mac_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-get-free-cards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-pet-food-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-cp_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-that-only-needs-your-password-totally_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-free-gift-card_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-hacks-for-jailbreak-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-exe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/code-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-today_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-355_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-free-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/does-roblox-premium-expire_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goaheadmigration.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-link-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off000052d7.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x52D7 26648 bytes
SHA-256: 0adae6f98a933ea347aec2c7e5bf721c102994f63df6381e0e4fc525bed4285f
font_01_sfnt_off00008edc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8EDC 2832 bytes
SHA-256: 77ae1c4cffa647a8fd533dfa4102e94364989f9e80b9cd131876e9d1005899a2
font_02_sfnt_off0000988d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x988D 19464 bytes
SHA-256: 5ec8150ffbd1cd63b731744930cf17b6d6c1c9aa3074c08b9c9bf171df6e32cb