Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d4d0bf31bc0db6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.2 KB Created: 2021-05-16 01:35:46 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: e5823828a4aa63145cf31b28e7d978c0 SHA-1: 16762f3e7f648338a64656365c5338aed016bda5 SHA-256: 8d4d0bf31bc0db6e779511a98d29918754c86f627f44db9c5941b08a1508f22e
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising a 'free Robux game hack'. The document body also contains a prominent call-to-action to access this generator. This indicates a phishing or scam attempt designed to trick users into visiting a malicious site, likely to download further malware or engage in fraudulent activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0302

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/get-me-free-robux-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
font_00_sfnt_off000033c1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33C1 24468 bytes
SHA-256: b758a3564db84384394a478428a288c738a966a00596c7bac36260cf548e6a26
font_01_sfnt_off00006bff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6BFF 18312 bytes
SHA-256: e3f176f8735a7a9c211288ec5f3dfc0a25536bb398bd4870e4b297ba4f960079