Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 712ef8f423897052…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.5 KB Created: 2021-05-16 14:30:07 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b2e87befe99a55713d6ecc111313a412 SHA-1: 09ae2158e2a5ddfa6f081fbd2471b215d83eef0b SHA-256: 712ef8f4238970529fe668fe774ef14feac233bc35d20029c87e25d1fe1cf24c
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains multiple links to a malicious redirector, masquerading as a 'free generator / game hack' and impersonating the PayPal brand. The embedded URL is designed to trick users into clicking, likely to facilitate credential phishing or download a second-stage payload. No scripts were extracted from this sample, limiting the analysis of its execution flow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/get-robux-for-free-2021-game-hack.
  • 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/get-robux-for-free-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00003395.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3395 29804 bytes
SHA-256: 520723f690b123883d0a2c87a08cec4891bcd95db51d845b1601b4c8d9903dd5
font_01_sfnt_off00007895.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7895 18520 bytes
SHA-256: e088d92b388561e3a46dc194d915539325ab46261f90c1147848fe102ee4ee2d

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