Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8f3990c517538cf7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.4 KB Created: 2021-06-09 08:49:32 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: b4487bf11b0eb868c57ed454bcdb19d5 SHA-1: dbffd00ae03757ddf34bab4b1e8de83352a1ccc8 SHA-256: 8f3990c517538cf7d5033fe9cdd600e4630c30f5dd710f74df29b3cf134bf7de
122 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by an ML classifier. It uses brand-impersonation credential phishing. The file routes users through malicious redirector infrastructure and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9796

Heuristics 5

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/roblox-hack-account-username-and-password-game-hack.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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.tw/app/431946152/roblox-hack-account-username-and-password-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/robux-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-robux-generator-without-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/dayz-roblox-item-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-hack-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-unlimited-coins-hack-apk-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/pubg-uc-in-cheap-price_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-coin-master-computer_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/earn-free-robux-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-spins-and-coins-coin-master-facebook_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-coin-master-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-34-4-hack-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spin-codes_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/huskybuckscom-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-source-las-vegas-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-app_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/roblox-com-r_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/free-robux-websites-that-actually-work-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/robux-free-online_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elibrary.fl.unud.ac.id/repository/robux-free-promo-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off00004f93.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4F93 26756 bytes
SHA-256: 42d2aed6531ba4b50e2ee5598c71303b8682bd40acd3dfe7768f6dbca6c5c2c6
font_01_sfnt_off00008c01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8C01 3192 bytes
SHA-256: 5968a997c09771e4df37b3d09479d26605a5ef552564730cc3748dc10172cff2
font_02_sfnt_off000096fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x96FD 19364 bytes
SHA-256: 61d99c3da6f1edf0d370df04a9796d8c9975556b488836ed78ae1c339a65af85