Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b059518ed92a54c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.9 KB Created: 2021-05-15 16:01:21 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 493ce488ae308f7016cbebd796f5e626 SHA-1: a6c3305e97d723e801b2cb93a1ec2664c94d12e8 SHA-256: b059518ed92a54c232808ba13ca0384a4c52d7679f263fecef726583477d271a
220 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links designed to appear as free game hacks or item generators, with a primary redirector URL pointing to 'free-roblox-outfits-2021-game-hack'. The document body and heuristics indicate a lure for potentially malicious content, likely leading to credential harvesting or malware downloads. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and link farm structure strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9228

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.
  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation 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-roblox-outfits-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-premium-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roblox-free-robux-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-bedrock-server-hosting-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-pe-for-free-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-hack-roblox-accounts-2021-easy_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-verify_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-downloading-apps-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-free-spins-and-coins-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-links-for-free-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-robux-hacks-no-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2021-free-spins-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/how-to-get-free-robux-without-downloading-anything_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-realistic-minecraft-texture-packs_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/hack-coin-master-8-ball-pool_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-pe_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-java-code-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/cm-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60-free-spins-on-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/minecraft-pocket-edition-download-free-pe-calculator_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stikomyogyakarta.ac.id/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-roblox-accounts-with-robux-2021_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_003_off00004cda.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x4CDA 28564 bytes
SHA-256: c3fdfb8a9fd239b632b836eb7f0b81c085f43a43b3efb558fb00ec6c8aa307f0
font_01_sfnt_off00008e94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x8E94 5696 bytes
SHA-256: 450e3ee45915afe13702bf1d587eb8b9ad88a8d2113419ac9f2fd116a828e139
font_02_sfnt_off00009ba5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x9BA5 18712 bytes
SHA-256: 08924b32c91b27fd5bb3b33addbb65fc5755536ddb9ff57fccc382b8f67ce437