Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b482f9ce0c9f209e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

32.6 KB Created: 2021-07-21 16:01:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 414f280bdeb0e6d9f347a6fc4ba6c353 SHA-1: b8a9cfdcf554d693c2a57108737364c74bd3ba47 SHA-256: b482f9ce0c9f209eb6f21bc01c65b4a33b5da766f23346045ebc1873e02f8c44
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded links that redirect to malicious infrastructure, specifically promoting 'game hacks' and 'generators'. The heuristic firings indicate that this PDF is designed as a lure to redirect users to potentially harmful content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the nature of the embedded links and the lure suggest a phishing or social engineering attack vector, likely intended to lead users to download further malware or engage in fraudulent activities.

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/roblox-mobile-hack-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-no-survey_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-coin-master-spins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-java-for-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-redeem-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/how-to-get-minecraft-for-free-ios_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-generator-com-roblox-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-spin-coin-master-link-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-gift-card-codes_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahebspices.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/free-robux-easy_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_off00002952.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2952 22624 bytes
SHA-256: 968aa0ad075ca7b46450e6f7cc887fec1f8c9043fda3ecb3065c368bab61525a
font_01_sfnt_off00005c14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5C14 18684 bytes
SHA-256: fefd31dca1b09f4698dad984c4c3d80c913e190f2eb6e931800f01efa94c719c