Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 afe0908c3881f953…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.0 KB Created: 2021-07-20 02:38:06 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: db57eb94d121dae0975fc9fcbd912564 SHA-1: df682433fcf3c86708173bcbc748fe0d93b5b839 SHA-256: afe0908c3881f953270dd5f91ab129ee44a68266ad6205ada495e0e7bcdac1e8
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to websites offering free Robux or game hacks, and includes a deceptive "CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBUX GENERATOR" call to action. The ML classifier strongly indicates maliciousness, and the embedded URLs suggest a phishing or scam attempt to lure users to potentially malicious sites. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and content point towards social engineering.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9900

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 http://netcdn.tw/app/431946152/free-robux-co-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-buy-robux-for-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-for-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-for-ipad-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-windows-10-hacks_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/coin-master-free-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-hacked-client-112-2_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-minecraft-server-hosting_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/robux-free-online_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/free-coin-master-spins-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elearning.man3majalengka.sch.id/__statics/gudangsoal/files/minecraft-free-download-chromebook_GM479516143.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_off00002b3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2B3A 23144 bytes
SHA-256: 59e1a76b3f8fad4103ba314ca7fec77d2068cb3f7b944a56b6f633297be1ba6b
font_01_sfnt_off00005f43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5F43 18200 bytes
SHA-256: af0a6f01588019b38fd5688102a8ebe17e4b5155afa3360a762aee3dff872896