Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abce84a54601ece7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.8 KB Created: 2021-05-23 03:45:25 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 0e1a29ffd8ab974e6299bc30b271b36d SHA-1: 8a58e0de9a5132ddc40c8795e71ecca4d3b5dd9d SHA-256: abce84a54601ece7e414c9781994dfa367a6a17a6615e454c302ac99f3b0561f
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links and a call-to-action phrase designed to trick users into visiting a URL that redirects to malicious infrastructure. The primary lure is for "free Robux" or "game hacks", which is a common social engineering tactic. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious.

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-for-kids-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.itc-nekretnine.hr/files/coin-master-home_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itc-nekretnine.hr/files/unlimited-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.itc-nekretnine.hr/files/free-gold-cards-for-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.itc-nekretnine.hr/files/tiktok-free-50-followers_GM835599320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.itc-nekretnine.hr/files/pubg-uc-mongolia_GM1330123889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.roblox.comIn 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_off0000321a.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x321A 25344 bytes
SHA-256: 66e7019939812578176e6800db0b2dc5aa0185e6c2df2045f00bfc1a0eb0dd81
font_01_sfnt_off00006c39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C39 2880 bytes
SHA-256: 552e62132cae3603ce0819827e44d96a992bd06014cc5080bf3af4b2ea155b3e
font_02_sfnt_off00007612.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7612 18308 bytes
SHA-256: 763c1f2cd60606b291f89f2a80f52d083a3bf80be883c0f2186ef0e0ffb8dff5