Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 995e7306529e7867…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.6 KB Created: 2021-05-31 23:54:46 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 13ee1955ca8c0bc68d0dee7243b6c299 SHA-1: c642f9badd59fd46afb9a156d58f6832da877693 SHA-256: 995e7306529e78676456299c7f4c875a074e5da1f906955d52e83faaec6444a0
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a critical heuristic firing for a game hack lure, directing users to a known malicious redirector infrastructure. The embedded URL is designed to trick users into clicking, likely leading to a second-stage download or exploit. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9865

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/roblox-how-to-get-any-gamepass-for-free-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/how-to-get-free-coins-on-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/buy-robux-for-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/roblox-reedeem-virtual-codes-free-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-doing-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-spins-for-coin-master-game_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-robux-redeem-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-minecraft-printables_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/hack-para-tener-todas-las-trasformaciones-de-dbr-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/get-free-followers-on-tiktok_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/coin-master-free-spins-today-daily-links_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-tiktok-fans-no-verification_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/cheat-engine-roblox-kicked-bt-server_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/free-robux-co_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/how-to-hack-roblox-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/hacking-classes-for-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/lazyblox-com-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srmap.edu.in/wp-content/uploads/fsqm-files/get-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.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_004_off00005057.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5057 24888 bytes
SHA-256: 82d9d119d0da21653ac7945f8078dea5093ab98cfa13fb2aa2349eb347369505
font_01_sfnt_off00008975.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8975 19060 bytes
SHA-256: 4c6b783b205d663dd5ed6efa84ad0d595b451ce2522c6559f7f888ca4f3ac016