Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a154bf9b6d708689…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.6 KB Created: 2021-05-14 09:00:03 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 1b89d32e108974706f7e082e3314ca6b SHA-1: fea77d98ade1ce7c71af4bfc2a0552164f01904a SHA-256: a154bf9b6d70868960356f4e02d7dc2272517bb73d2770b87aa8cd1759c8c124
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a high-severity heuristic firing for linking to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector, specifically 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-robux-card-codes-game-hack'. The document body also contains similar lures and numerous other URLs pointing to scam-related PDF files. This suggests the primary goal is to trick users into visiting malicious sites, likely for financial gain or further malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

Heuristics 4

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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-card-codes-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/free-robux-scam_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/hack-minecraft_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/hackear-juego-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/how-to-get-free-robux-on-mobile_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/rape-simulator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/free-robux-codes-generator-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-on-nintendo-switch_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/roblox-cheat-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/daily-free-spins-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/coin-master-free-spins-hack-without-human-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/how-do-you-get-free-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/free-coin-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/robux-free-co_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/coin-hackhub-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/free-roblox-premium_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/coin-master-date-and-time-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/free-robux-without-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/free-spins-coin-master-ios-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/get-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goodtools.tw/upload/files/free-coin-master-spins-2021_GM406889139.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_off0000492d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x492D 25232 bytes
SHA-256: 65421ce2648c4cdef61c809ef9b313d5ec0f0d713740a7b69d8eb4d02c71160b
font_01_sfnt_off00008390.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8390 18416 bytes
SHA-256: 79c56a0f23d4fc34690a575a065be14b64911c3c5a3331038291264b4b7107af