Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b57cd12de82cb594…

MALICIOUS

PDF

33.3 KB Created: 2021-07-19 21:44:18 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 98bbc54a521ab511ebea1aee2f354b17 SHA-1: ccca6ac7572077c9dc152aeaaf1246242f50a0f4 SHA-256: b57cd12de82cb594b6ba6efe5a162144916d4f4710ef3056ed8958ee6d31eed7
160 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple links to known malicious redirector infrastructure, disguised as 'free Robux' or 'game hack' generators. The document body and embedded URLs strongly suggest a lure to trick users into visiting these sites, which likely serve as a gateway for further malicious activity. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of malicious redirectors and the lure content indicates a high likelihood of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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-without-human-verification-2021-game-hack In PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/how-to-get-free-robux-no-human-verification_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/coin-master-free-spins-link-blogspot-2021_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/free-robux-codes-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/play-minecraft-online-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/minecraft-gun-games-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/how-to-get-minecraft-windows-10-for-free-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/free-robux-script_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/minecraft-hacked-client_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/roblox-hack-generator_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.academiaanticorrupcion.org/images/free-robux-hack-2021_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_off00002c73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2C73 21500 bytes
SHA-256: 74d9d2462b9a97d9e50048c8d1ba37a808bd868a8f187b25c18faa3778db7655
font_01_sfnt_off00005b6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x5B6F 19812 bytes
SHA-256: 5b4e181d9a4435d0dbb05dc5edc73d8a1f896d56f758db28aef9602e53bf5b5b