Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96c9ebacfdb6520c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.0 KB Created: 2021-05-22 22:43:49 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 99b4863df2c0555fcf1f6abbdca7b261 SHA-1: 9a993828eb9020a7d9038ef3da9670c263ee395b SHA-256: 96c9ebacfdb6520cf3dacc2146541e0f83638799092639537665239e37cf5a5a
200 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious redirector links, specifically targeting users with lures for game hacks and free currency. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains references to 'Roblox Generator' and a URL pointing to known malicious infrastructure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lures suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading or executing a secondary payload, likely through a malicious redirect.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7281

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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/can-u-get-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.simplytravel.co.za/images/free-coins-on-coin-master-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplytravel.co.za/images/tiktok-free-likes-no-verification_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplytravel.co.za/images/free-robux-kid-friendly_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplytravel.co.za/images/free-draw-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplytravel.co.za/images/free-mods-for-coin-master_GM406889139.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
font_00_sfnt_off000034f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x34F6 31744 bytes
SHA-256: a72d26f7ad307bbcaffa88b65bbcbc2085dbaf9aa49b338faf0660bfffdd3e66
font_01_sfnt_off00007a37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A37 4660 bytes
SHA-256: b8980cdac4d025496d9fe039d8c05bb5b9bae1b804244a1f9c05e9663db72816
font_02_sfnt_off00008a47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8A47 18532 bytes
SHA-256: 35bb0f01f69d1b5e790ed5f4c0eeb98998139975dc1eb58b588dc01b9002bbc1