Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac532564a1cf5a96…

MALICIOUS

PDF

36.6 KB Created: 2021-05-21 22:59:47 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 8ebfcc552da4697524e61727979445e5 SHA-1: d2d7222513b38dc049d5ec0e833ad0a17bf31152 SHA-256: ac532564a1cf5a9667e1b637b17a770a90254f1d96a4ea2aeb03a5895aa3490c
82 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple embedded URLs and a prominent call-to-action to access a 'Roblox Arsenal Hack' or generator. The heuristic 'PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE' strongly indicates a social engineering tactic to trick users into visiting malicious sites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the nature of the lure and the embedded URLs suggest the document is designed to lead users to download potentially malicious content or visit phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

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/roblox-arsenal-hack-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://xn--80aciiv6azczc.xn--p1ai/images/coin-master-unlimited-spins-apk-free-download_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aciiv6azczc.xn--p1ai/images/free-roblox-clothes-for-your-avatar_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aciiv6azczc.xn--p1ai/images/coin-master-gold-cards-free-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aciiv6azczc.xn--p1ai/images/free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aciiv6azczc.xn--p1ai/images/roblox-hack-game_GM431946152.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_off000033ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x33BA 25216 bytes
SHA-256: ddf5daec1d15e7a7d46ad1afc5696c59daa2f0d2bae7be7957a4168462c1eb76
font_01_sfnt_off00006df5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6DF5 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 950cb6c94e3217e8d5edf097fa87367098c5f84c9f1c4255a513a3effc23c56b