Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1ae239c5896279f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB Created: 2021-05-03 22:19:12 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4fda9ac3f343d2b6b817c9870d824d01 SHA-1: 43c7c320103c98bc14dec1650aac7179f0ce1bdc SHA-256: a1ae239c5896279fb7075261c75810adf2270382aa88dd13726ebca682a292df
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded links, one of which, 'https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/free-vip-in-roblox-game-hack', is identified as a malicious redirector. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure related to 'free generator / game hack' for Roblox, aiming to trick users into clicking the malicious link. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure itself facilitates the malicious redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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-vip-in-roblox-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-pal-hair-is-now-free.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/admin-hack-roblox-espaol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-admin-hack-jailbreak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-para-tener-robux-2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-quick-and-easy.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-made-in-2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-roblox-robux-2021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-credits-galaxy-roblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ninja-legends-hackauto-farmer-free-op-swordroblox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pn-negara.go.id/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-hack-2021-may.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_003_off0000412a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x412A 24888 bytes
SHA-256: 5e70b1177d2566a202f14947613f489f64c38f2b12efd2d04ca12203dd7d8087
font_01_sfnt_off00007a66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7A66 18380 bytes
SHA-256: 7784cdaa7124829b1b03e0a8fdae57cce886c1963fba881f9127f9ee49f88293