Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 52e659788c86439e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.9 KB Created: 2021-06-02 06:00:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f6873a49ebad08e998c6771be4713c1d SHA-1: acc79ac351602c4314056dac186d12176f840ec9 SHA-256: 52e659788c86439e13ce168be23679cfe6d010216f7b8b20bd8f589ffc8456de
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising free game currency and hacks. The primary redirector URL is https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-no-password-game-hack. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a malicious redirector designed to lead users to potentially harmful sites or download further malware. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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-no-password-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/today-coin-master-spin-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/how-to-get-free-followers-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/free-100-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/withdraw-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/oprewards-com-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-daily_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/how-to-get-free-minecoins-in-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/tower-of-hell-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/blox-fish-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/get-free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/rblx-gg-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/coin-master-fan-club_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/can-i-get-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/coin-master-free-spins-haktuts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/how-to-get-free-gamepasses-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/roblox-girl_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/hack-to-protect-village-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/www-roblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/113-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancroftandsons.com/images/earn-free-robux-on-roblox_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_004_off0000527b.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x527B 35284 bytes
SHA-256: fe08790f7cbb077deeddba66f4bcfc8867a784b11d37fbe55f4b4b813d718f41
font_01_sfnt_off0000a359.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xA359 18732 bytes
SHA-256: b254955316d184f98c6f6070526605807868e3146c8b9e5f8ca39f20861b2296