Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 92491bc5844bd35d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.3 KB Created: 2021-05-14 02:32:36 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 2ce43d968f94a39450e88a9f833c3960 SHA-1: c9ec1c458537cf395267977343b17d53c95c7e7f SHA-256: 92491bc5844bd35d3f3298310f91a2aeac378fee1e3fed8cd14ab88e361afe69
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to known malicious infrastructure, specifically advertising a "free Robux game hack". The document body also contains explicit calls to action like 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR', reinforcing the lure. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt designed to lead users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0127

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/how-can-i-get-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://rblx.landIn 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_003_off000031b2.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x31B2 26180 bytes
SHA-256: b88b67137be3cb44188f5a147ce0a0d7bd284c53fbd97c36a745f3dce59ec6ac
font_01_sfnt_off00006d61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6D61 2844 bytes
SHA-256: baad2f3f6808f4af03fa9398e38c580c8d846f7f773a947d8cc1f39b2753d31a
font_02_sfnt_off00007722.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7722 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 69cba7171cc96811b03769255314e8880e2b1f1f28661a6eda79c3c7ec8a929e