Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8bbec0a500ea5d1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

43.5 KB Created: 2021-06-03 09:10:45 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 189dc3003b5a7e098159a1bef58dc50d SHA-1: 0a93d215ebad5b68ee732db513e5211a121ca00f SHA-256: 8bbec0a500ea5d1d6885e52d50900533a38f0b7add4c1c34565a79540935e168
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack redirect lure, pointing to a malicious URL. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'free roblox acc' and a URL that aligns with the heuristic findings. The presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence further support the malicious nature of this document, likely intended to redirect users to a phishing or malware distribution site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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.online/app/431946152/free-roblox-acc-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-ml_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-cheats_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-robux-hacker-us_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-today-new-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/uprobuxcom-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-diamonds-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-hack-xyz-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-robux-obby_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/como-hackear-el-juego-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/mcpe-master-hack-unlimited-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/minecraft-windows-10-edition-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/robuxy-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/win-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/minecraft-java-server-hosting-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/wurst-mc_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/coin-master-mod_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/daily-spin-coin-master-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://library.fikes.upnvj.ac.id/repository/roblox-rewards-robux_GM431946152.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_off00005129.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5129 24328 bytes
SHA-256: 7f44a8bfcded048b772161d369da77eb02f7246bf03b757236e6fddfce9466d3
font_01_sfnt_off0000884e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x884E 17948 bytes
SHA-256: 74db3e5e7aeb6f0756448051187db7defe34e7c9b7f0bab0dc8e4ffe2ac72fee