Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94ee1d487efe2810…

MALICIOUS

PDF

41.1 KB Created: 2021-05-14 03:43:20 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: e364b02ccd0e29e8e6d7ca522dfa37ea SHA-1: 1c9e3c2f994852fceac060eca06a17107811c94c SHA-256: 94ee1d487efe2810bf57f9adf3ee2b593f3d11eadb6837c96dc14a528f037fc2
92 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains heuristics indicating it's a lure for a game hack generator, presenting a fake CAPTCHA to trick users. It embeds a URL pointing to a suspicious domain, likely intended to lead the user to a malicious site or download. No scripts were extracted, limiting further analysis of the execution chain.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0125

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.
  • Fake CAPTCHA / human verification prompt high SE_FAKE_CAPTCHA
    Document displays a fake CAPTCHA or human-verification prompt — used to trick users into running commands or pressing keyboard shortcuts
  • 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/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off00003623.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3623 26704 bytes
SHA-256: a3638841a7096b43952a50ff8c725d448568eb383a2aa8abc9adf42315fd69ad
font_01_sfnt_off000072c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x72C3 2984 bytes
SHA-256: 889cfc2fd0afa9ea114d6666204c6ce0548d0aae2cba345827d317498c4c06bc
font_02_sfnt_off00007cef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7CEF 19076 bytes
SHA-256: c054b0c192e62aa8d18573c4a3caef3c11adbf34d317da17e190ba3718f8ceb0