Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 75778700a94c04a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.1 KB Created: 2021-05-13 12:33:17 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: eb9a64aab5777f0c3c8fbb6d389305a1 SHA-1: 23ea0c612c22ecd3db9c3b85bfcfe47870d78fb1 SHA-256: 75778700a94c04a99955fd25bd5ac7e51235d9c9eed1e3fb8dc2cb5e24043b8f
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links designed to lure users into clicking on them, promising free Robux or game hacks. The primary redirector URL, https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/roblox-help-free-robux-game-hack, is flagged as malicious. The document also hosts a large number of external PDF links, many of which appear to be part of a link farm, further indicating a malicious intent to drive traffic to potentially harmful sites. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest a phishing or scamming campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • 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/roblox-help-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/can-i-get-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-codes-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-daily-spins-coin-master-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-live_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-downloading-apps-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-obby-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/claim-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/codes-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-windows-10-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-unlimited-coins-in-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-to-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-spin-rewards_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-link-march-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-coins-and-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-time-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/blox-world-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-cheats_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.solararabialtd.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/extra-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.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_003_off00004a6c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4A6C 26276 bytes
SHA-256: 9047601ffa98a277ebf659fa0c182926f946fc7b9406d8ee5795a0d2bf5cbe2d
font_01_sfnt_off00008660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8660 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 4686decc205f725eac2af31d2bb610515d085fb80a4fbb870416018a21b04127