Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b5fd4329378fbeba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

37.3 KB Created: 2021-05-13 05:12:16 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 6ce83f48a3230750152ea8744fd5ac66 SHA-1: 6076ef90dfb74cd4a6728200bdce40b558349d3c SHA-256: b5fd4329378fbeba7b9cabb4aeac027c03a79e5336f75714e0bbe8b19b990069
130 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains multiple links pointing to a known malicious redirector infrastructure, disguised as a 'free generator / game hack'. The document body also contains text related to 'Roblox' and a call to action to 'CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ROBLOX GENERATOR', reinforcing the lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the lure strongly suggest a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0334

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 https://netcdn.xyz/app/431946152/7-year-old-roblox-game-hack In 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_off0000324c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x324C 27104 bytes
SHA-256: 9904573b2660b16a3d69aa0742030ea7301fafcdf78a79fcdde9b0714495a7d0
font_01_sfnt_off00007000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x7000 18404 bytes
SHA-256: 37225de3c02ebdb31c4d59be1a78a7ea60948fb78f91d5b0c72323347af89c0d