Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c34bc30d9199cdb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.8 KB Created: 2021-07-05 17:33:57 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: dc70113e8359e831f3b2796c8e71002a SHA-1: f510e5e7cecf93bd17130b0c9298c91d61cf79ed SHA-256: 9c34bc30d9199cdb194c5ca1dc4553f6aac1d8d550ddb97639417b61ea769045
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains multiple links to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising 'free Robux' or 'game hacks'. The heuristic firings indicate that the PDF is designed to lure users into clicking these links, likely leading to the download of a second-stage payload. The ML classifier strongly supports the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-robux-hacker-us-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/free-robux-clothes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/free-minecraft-servers-to-join_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/roblox-jailbreak-hack-download_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/hacks-for-roblox-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/free-party-de-roblox-pisode-14_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/adopt-me-roblox-hacks_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/roblox-games-free-to-play-online_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/free-gfx-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/roblox-free-models_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/free-roblox-codes-september-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/coinmaster-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/free-robux-safe_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/get-bucks-me-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-free-robux-by-playing-games_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/can-u-get-insta-banned-in-roblox-for-hacking_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/how-to-get-cloth-goku-ui-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-stars_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/easyrobux-today-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/code-for-free-robux-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pustaka.stie-pembangunan.ac.id/repository/ho-to-use-roblox-hack-menu_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
font_00_sfnt_off0000308b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x308B 23084 bytes
SHA-256: a8dced0f0d8468f9de4532c2f3ab1f82fbba671eef34c177cd0ca0b17f4c889d
font_01_sfnt_off0000639c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x639C 18884 bytes
SHA-256: bfc674629a4fdfc233a3c1a19cbee54387e60bd0cdfc4a3107778b42d9fa82d8