Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8cedf2c142024683…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.1 KB Created: 2021-05-30 12:14:35 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 06f5cf4a84f752a10aa69a965206a84b SHA-1: 77eda6cc3ac96d686532a3222f84c2375ffcce20 SHA-256: 8cedf2c142024683d20a7087ac5d67c8ed3944e345e1ef4e14ac2bcd1cee1bc8
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of free in-game currency ('Free Robux') and game hacks to entice users. It contains multiple embedded URLs that lead to known malicious redirector infrastructure, ultimately directing users to sites offering generators or hacks. The document body and heuristics indicate a clear intent to trick users into visiting these malicious sites, likely as part of a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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/free-robux-come-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-robux-generator-no-human-verification-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/get-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/minecraft-toys-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-tiktok-coins_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-tiktok-followers-no-human-verification-or-survey-2021_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-robux-kid-friendly-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/minecraft-java-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-robux-no-verification-no-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/minecraft-windows-10-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ths-academy.net/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/roblox-hack-2021_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
stream_002_off0000383c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x383C 25688 bytes
SHA-256: 99ed0c2aeb043145b1451dfa41e484e39d2a6e9ef07c0c66bb4e790a90b7f157
font_01_sfnt_off00007395.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7395 18276 bytes
SHA-256: d7491fe45cc88596c87233a963b6162720bf27c142cea717df16fbc09fa29ea6

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.