Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8599a96b115d9867…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.1 KB Created: 2021-05-20 22:19:37 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: c844563e717f0475c60034ee3987c671 SHA-1: 9ed3c49e71f45efa48effe904309ea945b5dbb02 SHA-256: 8599a96b115d98672b4917202e92e5dba4a76dceb3d5257f6b4427ad7af0ab1d
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to known malicious redirectors, specifically advertising game hacks and generators. The document body also contains a prominent call to action to "CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR", reinforcing the lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest an attempt to drive users to malicious websites, likely for further exploitation or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9407

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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-hack-roblox-accounts-on-phone-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://mamuhammadiyahnagahure.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-hack-tools_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamuhammadiyahnagahure.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-offer-wall_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamuhammadiyahnagahure.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-online-free-download_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamuhammadiyahnagahure.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/real-free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamuhammadiyahnagahure.com/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-spin-coin-master-game_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_002_off000034a8.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x34A8 25900 bytes
SHA-256: 45971a7a33bb02dc6188758d61d3d3b22c50727e9bdf4abf5e9508c520891c61
font_01_sfnt_off00007084.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7084 19312 bytes
SHA-256: ee3ccdf346fecf17211ec9caf874d857695d657b5f92e2b1f0fe00576c016ffb