Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5c209e59a3d7a9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.2 KB Created: 2021-05-21 17:36:07 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: ac1ee60911ef4bb3227c7506f209597d SHA-1: d5318f554ed9e04d75934d8dd010052700546625 SHA-256: b5c209e59a3d7a9cc88259ca728ab70e69e507a62e83afe8b119d5f039130dbc
102 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains a high-severity heuristic indicating it links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector, specifically pointing to a URL associated with free Robux. The document body also contains a call-to-action to access a Roblox generator. This pattern suggests a phishing or scam attempt to lure users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9447

Heuristics 5

  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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-accounts-with-robux-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • https://balibanknews.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/www-free-robux-com_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balibanknews.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-blogspot_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balibanknews.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/spin-link_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balibanknews.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/free-ways-to-get-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balibanknews.com/new/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/robux-fun-hack_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
stream_002_off000032ab.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x32AB 26300 bytes
SHA-256: ee5040fa001579eecac2c6b12876a29c035a00a42551691d3673163cb9f2b8e9
font_01_sfnt_off00006f1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x6F1F 18676 bytes
SHA-256: 4ebcf990001f3b6d5b8f187221ce9c528a6bcbfca241b55ad06a715c23028265