Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58e72e3eb526ff54…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.7 KB Created: 2021-05-11 20:34:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 2b207627d526377025cf1dd95734a463 SHA-1: e4258e6bbe8a626a5fd89f68411812c51c9dac8a SHA-256: 58e72e3eb526ff544509f47a711a2b70fe71a6be02404683ad1086b77f4a6941
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising 'Real Free Robux Codes' and a 'game hack'. The embedded URL 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/real-free-robux-codes-game-hack' is identified as a malicious redirector. The document body also contains text and links that reinforce the lure of free game currency, suggesting an attempt to trick users into downloading a malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0344

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/real-free-robux-codes-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_off000033af.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x33AF 36552 bytes
SHA-256: 051c97a8a64e842f608900ad38d7491ad411e66eda4d58c2311ac04361225d09
font_01_sfnt_off0000854b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x854B 18492 bytes
SHA-256: 6ff68d48ac5036b960fd78490347d8f271b820cb13d1967b9212c8abd8834c8c