Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a74ce3b72dfee54c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.3 KB Created: 2021-06-08 15:12:58 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: 00f10fc0788530f96f3ba5c8991b6fc4 SHA-1: 90a80ec3295b6000f4ea64a8dcfec7149659d2f9 SHA-256: a74ce3b72dfee54c62584b07c78b372cbbbe5dad1fae193a2a7c25e3fd445563
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links to redirector infrastructure, specifically advertising 'game hacks' and 'robux generators'. The primary lure URL is https://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/roblox-robux-hack-2021-working-version-game-hack, which is flagged as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links strongly suggest a social engineering attack to redirect users to potentially malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9769

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.tw/app/431946152/roblox-robux-hack-2021-working-version-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-reach-hack_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-place-rewards_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-no-survey-or-verification_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-someone-on-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-no-verification-no-signup_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-spin-and-coin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-app-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hack-no-human-verification-or-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-java-edition-download-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/master-coin-free-spin_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/clean-master-coins-hack_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-reward-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-apk-hacked-3526_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-microsoft_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-free_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-hack-apk-download-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/get-free-robux-now_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-game-hacks_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-and-get-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sponajaib.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/you-promised-my-son-free-robux_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_004_off00005467.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x5467 26096 bytes
SHA-256: e9c4c2c31593b9b1607fab561c2e825c18d75c965a5cf3c478d0d0309d7fd163
font_01_sfnt_off00009114.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9114 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_02_sfnt_off00009e26.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9E26 19464 bytes
SHA-256: 5dfd0206ba597613148f92e216aa4a7ec194d423e3715dfcdb7b2abd98dcf138