Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 756729272a56f3a4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.3 KB Created: 2021-05-30 04:22:10 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: cefa72e2603336b82d7fcc8fa1c95af1 SHA-1: ed665281358ff6b58742ee351a3e0e0f139290ac SHA-256: 756729272a56f3a4eacd541a5bf62fffe1b3a161f471848ea8b446360400319c
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple embedded links and a visible call-to-action button, designed to trick the user into clicking through to a malicious redirector. The primary lure is related to 'free Robux' and game hacks, a common social engineering tactic. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious, increasing confidence in the assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7962

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-giveaway-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.choidy.ch/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/how-to-hack-into-someones-roblox-account_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.choidy.ch/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.choidy.ch/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/coin-master-free-daily-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.choidy.ch/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-that-work-not-banned_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.choidy.ch/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-robux-generator-no-survey-no-download-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.choidy.ch/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/minecraft-java-edition-code-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000035e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x35E5 25464 bytes
SHA-256: 7350e207517708e1b0a4cd614a6cb934f283ed2bc26136e347eda1f0fc9d316f
font_01_sfnt_off000070ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x70EA 4008 bytes
SHA-256: 515da38a799acdefd039af3a0dfb6ec4815b572058c9bd492ec5a77cd7658593
font_02_sfnt_off00007e76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7E76 18820 bytes
SHA-256: a907981f6338d23acda294c558170907db38f399f16fdb2ca0bc536a0b707f6d