Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 adbcf292a0329524…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.8 KB Created: 2021-05-19 10:31:04 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 4980b6b343e3afbdb55e7075b7efcae9 SHA-1: 40db35af3831a5b43fb1bf016d9e912873421261 SHA-256: adbcf292a032952491820308ef2a34c05050a9446979ed387218dc48ea7701ad
170 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a lure for a "free Robux" generator, which redirects to a malicious URL. This pattern is indicative of a phishing or scam attempt, likely to monetize user engagement or deliver a secondary payload. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE' heuristic strongly suggest a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0128

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • Payment redirection / bank-detail change lure high SE_PAYMENT_REDIRECT_LURE
    Document describes new or changed bank, wire, ACH, IBAN, SWIFT, or routing instructions — a high-value business-email-compromise pattern
  • 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-no-survey-game-hack In 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
font_00_sfnt_off00003325.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x3325 25092 bytes
SHA-256: de88682762d3c56a6cdd007f38b0b6ce0e3015436d6c1103faa02fd7bb53b7e4
font_01_sfnt_off00006c0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6C0E 2840 bytes
SHA-256: 3fb127b764b9d10f5525bc4de5ec8316de704409ccb0cf21cff3ad8a30d11676
font_02_sfnt_off000075c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x75C0 18308 bytes
SHA-256: d3a10f634c5ecc3d7353c949fdf4d39280fe41fff4e373acd575ae0d5bea3c9d

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