Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8734256dea453947…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.4 KB Created: 2021-07-04 13:14:07 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: cf5d37db6adcf92517209412bb0e9441 SHA-1: 77824223a1a50731250139ab65fbcc98a20d360c SHA-256: 8734256dea453947764acf8586790c5df8ac1bd550be7c851da3fb7cd4dfa326
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a malicious redirector, specifically targeting users with lures for free Robux and game hacks. The embedded URL points to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a social engineering attack designed to lead users to potentially harmful content or further malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/apps-to-get-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/picture-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-use-slayer-leecher-to-hack-roblox-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-apps_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/is-minecraft-realms-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spins-promo-code-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-can-you-get-robux-in-roblox-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/download-coin-master-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/blogspot-coin-master-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-giveaway-no-hacks-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/rich-free-roblox-accounts_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-obby_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/easy-way-to-get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/cool-avatars-roblox-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-for-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/numero-card-robux-50-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-boku-no-roblox-to-get-legendary-quirks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/generate-robux-for-free-with-no-downloading-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/robux-generator-without-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-for-ios_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
font_00_sfnt_off00003339.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3339 22532 bytes
SHA-256: e4c430c1ffdfcd6a5c7098b443b6bd1069c5d04e664b6ae587d57c4463e9ff62
font_01_sfnt_off0000657b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x657B 18996 bytes
SHA-256: 5c2d20fe84271232cdb725bf1ee573f6c2a82921a8e85a5edc805d3c36d3e91e