Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f99abf3883cb2c4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.6 KB Created: 2021-05-23 12:46:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 383d6c64280892ab22910b41bad04caa SHA-1: 7f103d122ed1758c84809717175367556570ecfa SHA-256: 9f99abf3883cb2c443bd4616042d2fbb07860f86589e8c69ee084e83c2e12d3a
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links designed to lure users with promises of free game items like Robux. One critical heuristic indicates that the PDF links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, specifically pointing to 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-group-game-hack'. The document body also contains similar lures and URLs, reinforcing the phishing and redirection attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8060

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/free-robux-group-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/minecraft-skins-free-girl_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-haktuts_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-apk_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.markettraderacademy.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/avatar-roblox-game_GM431946152.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
stream_002_off00003510.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x3510 25432 bytes
SHA-256: 9b0a4f965d022c7a5105cf014514e3511ebcffb131e0a155ca8a930cb43ab59b
font_01_sfnt_off00006fa0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6FA0 2816 bytes
SHA-256: 4555740682277f0055d57b15bd0ba953e5b51415ea3d21c93db391eace072d4f
font_02_sfnt_off000079b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x79B1 18192 bytes
SHA-256: 388213afa323ee085de7e38d37e80f389e12e91d2d5a1b35e5038c11a526558f