Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7daeef298674ede3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2021-05-12 15:32:01 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f8ac8e45e4065b8202c7a541e413ad61 SHA-1: 19cb095d8fdb43119984413fc28469e21c4c146a SHA-256: 7daeef298674ede35f30c33e78b3a34c722e0fa073396797467e7cb93a2b7e68
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a lure for a 'free generator / game hack' which links to known malicious redirector infrastructure. The document body, though partially corrupted, contains text related to 'free Robux hack' and a call to action to download, reinforcing the phishing pretext. The embedded URL is the primary indicator of malicious intent, likely leading to further malware delivery or credential harvesting.

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-free-robux-hack-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_off000034ae.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34AE 25296 bytes
SHA-256: 947b73ae9ff44ff0b09a160d38d9749753671ea0cc3831b1315269c132c9d89d
font_01_sfnt_off00006ea3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6EA3 18680 bytes
SHA-256: 94830d128a2a842b7d907871b5b30233810e9b8beb569ce3f786f2ddb63eaed4