Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d43f569fc202d97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

34.4 KB Created: 2021-07-19 19:40:25 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: b00042f4eeb1db27c5104c59f93a2257 SHA-1: 6c160da800a0ae015c94c98254476d20ab46bc57 SHA-256: 9d43f569fc202d97bf9bac9b2bea90bd8f8c2ffacdd62ce2789c7aff7370fda6
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document employs a lure of free Robux and game hacks to trick users into clicking malicious links. The embedded URLs, such as http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/ways-to-get-free-robux-game-hack, are known to lead to malicious redirector infrastructure. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate a malicious redirector workflow, likely intended to deliver a secondary payload or phish for credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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/ways-to-get-free-robux-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-with-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-without-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-printables_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-minecraft-pe-server_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-free-download-iphone_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/real-free-robux-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-classic-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpu-badungkab.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-tiktok-followers_GM835599320.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_off00002eb0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2EB0 23204 bytes
SHA-256: d26f740060ecdb64d3060926456cc799bfdf6d5218c27ae07b7b2accaca8e5c9
font_01_sfnt_off00006278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6278 18912 bytes
SHA-256: 5309463fbe76d1565f736ef9ba2f6ea091ff73500df5cf449dd8e932f414fc67