Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 592d42d2a6f02f80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.7 KB Created: 2021-05-17 04:35:32 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 6f7ca8eafc7f3800e007e99c1bbb215c SHA-1: 113fdc0ec88df4aa5320d181a4573f6d7fb2eb67 SHA-256: 592d42d2a6f02f8041025b2f34cc2c05fac83284b288de292196ec169d5ccace
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains embedded links that redirect to a URL associated with malicious infrastructure, specifically a 'free generator' or 'game hack' lure for Roblox Premium. The document body and heuristics indicate a clear intent to trick users into visiting this malicious URL. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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/how-to-get-roblox-premium-for-free-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_off000035e0.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x35E0 27680 bytes
SHA-256: e28778c8ee15416f46f5d90a04dcdcce95b20d5290e9dc499812ffd6600f974b
font_01_sfnt_off0000745e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x745E 18888 bytes
SHA-256: 80296d3e833823be7f1e21571c517a003a5ed5633da55eadbe5c2ecc0576c034