Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5ca8b535c17dd3a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.7 KB Created: 2021-05-21 14:08:18 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: dc5362557663581dd7652f5932ef3ca8 SHA-1: dbf1a8e1c475e32e069e0adcf002ac568fe9bb57 SHA-256: 5ca8b535c17dd3a74e628286bd49377160de6139130ce9d51fbe5db24635005f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links designed to lure users into clicking on "free generator" or "game hack" content. These links redirect to known malicious infrastructure, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The document body and embedded links suggest the primary goal is to trick users into visiting malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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-free-robux-without-verifying-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://klinikdentalestetic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-roblox-credit-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klinikdentalestetic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hackear-juego-coin-master-espaol_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klinikdentalestetic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/get-free-tiktok-fans_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klinikdentalestetic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fbchampion_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klinikdentalestetic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/what-is-exploiting-in-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_002_off000031cf.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31CF 26456 bytes
SHA-256: dc204519cf334a5aa90d29d0a054f4f055a896ee2e7f9fbacdf02843b311bc68
font_01_sfnt_off00006eb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EB1 19368 bytes
SHA-256: 63de63cfc252acdf530e8b3b2390dbc20d855d9653817057ed506b48c41b68ab