Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 941f3966aaed53c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.1 KB Created: 2021-05-01 22:33:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 602e08162101441a960182da619c3139 SHA-1: f168cf4ac7c291674ec63432015bec9a922277ab SHA-256: 941f3966aaed53c62393c688ad56fecd61db5506fe4cf6d3645887d958afb818
90 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document uses a lure related to game hacking and free generators to entice users to click on embedded links. The primary link, https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/how-to-speed-hack-with-cheat-engine-roblox-game-hack, is identified as a high-risk redirector. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt, likely initiated via a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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.xyz/app/431946152/how-to-speed-hack-with-cheat-engine-roblox-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/roblox-cheat-engine-62-robux-hack-download.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/best-roblox-free-hack-clients.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/free-gift-card-roblox-codes-2021-list.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/how-to-use-cheat-engine-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/free-robux-hack-generator-2021-no-human-verification.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/adopt-me-roblox-play-for-free.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/roblox-koi-hack.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/how-to-hack-critical-strike-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/free-robux-without-human-verification-on-ios.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lib.stie-yai.ac.id/repository/roblox-books-online-free.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_003_off0000405f.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x405F 25704 bytes
SHA-256: 5ed2d29a1cd854a3b7ebf1931a596fd8a63313df604f0ba259d9bc6a57f8085b
font_01_sfnt_off00007ae9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7AE9 19572 bytes
SHA-256: 5729593b18a283435a2b57a96748f308b6d0ca36212bb1e49f7c8fde634cb093